Mobile portable wireless communication system

An apparatus for information transmission involving one or more remote stations in a vehicle, comprising:

• at least a first remote station including computer means located at a distance from a vehicle:
• a wireless device for location in the vehicle for use in sending and receiving information including data relative to said first remote station over an airlink;
• a plurality of different vehicle devices associated with the vehicle and with each of said vehicle devices for at least one of receiving and sending said information;
• controller means including processing means in the vehicle for controlling the sending and receiving of said information using said wireless device between said first remote station and the vehicle, said controller means further including first standard network communication means for use in presenting said information for transmission over the airlink in a first format that is acceptable to a first standardized network that includes the airlink, wherein said first network communication means enables said information to be provided to multiple users that utilize different makes of communication equipment, different processing hardware and different applications software executable by said processing means of said controller means, said first standard network communication means including a web server in the vehicle for responding to a plurality of service related requests and also including transmission control protocol means in communication with said web server for regulating flow and ordering of said information related to said vehicle devices to said web server;
• and
• a second standard network communication means, different from said first standard network communication means, in communication with said controller means for presenting information in a second format that is acceptable to a second standardized network, with said second standardized network communication means communicating with said vehicle devices for sending and receiving said information relative thereto and in which said controller means enables said information to be properly communicated between said first and second standardized networks.

An apparatus for information transmission involving one or more remote stations in a vehicle, comprising:

• at least a first remote station including computer means located at a distance from a vehicle;
• a wireless device for location in the vehicle for use in sending and receiving said information including data relative to said first remote station over an airlink;
• a plurality of different vehicle devices associated with the vehicle and with each of said vehicle devices for at least one of receiving and sending said information;
• controller means including processing means in the vehicle for controlling the sending and receiving of said information using said wireless device between said first remote station and the vehicle, said controller means further including first standard network communication means for use in presenting said information for transmission over the airlink in a first format that is acceptable to a first standardized network that includes the airlink, wherein said first network communication means enables said information to be provided to multiple users that utilize different makes of communication equipment, different processing hardware and different applications software executable by said processing means of said controller means, said first standard network communication means including a web server in the vehicle for responding to a plurality of service related requests and also including a CGI-bin communicating with said web server and in which said CGI-bin links said web server with a number of executable programs useful in obtaining said information related to said vehicle devices;
• and
• a second standard network communication means, different from said first standard network communication means, in communication with said controller means for presenting information in a second format that is acceptable to a second standardized network, with said second standardized network communication means communicating with said vehicle devices for sending and receiving said information relative thereto and in which said controller means enables said information to be properly communicated between said first and second standardized networks.

An apparatus for information transmission involving one or more remote stations in a vehicle, comprising:

• at least a first remote station including computer means located at a distance from a vehicle;
• a wireless device for location in the vehicle for use in sending and receiving information including data relative to said first remote station over an airlink;
• a plurality of different vehicle devices associated with the vehicle and with each of said vehicle devices for at least one of receiving and sending said information;
• controller means including processing means in the vehicle for controlling the sending and receiving of said information using said wireless device between said remote station and the vehicle, said controller means further including first standard network communication means for use in presenting said information for transmission over the airlink in a first format that is acceptable to a first standardized network that includes the airlink, wherein said first network communication means enables said information to be provided to multiple users that utilize different makes of communication equipment, different processing hardware and different applications software executable by said processing means of said controller means, said first standard network communication means including a web server in the vehicle for responding to a plurality of service related requests received using said wireless device, with said web server in communication with program memory for storing said executable software in connection with obtaining said information from said vehicle devices and in which said first standard network communication means further includes an operating system for managing a number of services associated with conducting applications oriented tasks in conjunction with said executable software;
• and
• a second standard network communication means, different from said first standard network communication means in communication with said controller means for presenting information in any second format that is acceptable to a second standardized network, with said second standardized network communication means communicating with said vehicle devices for sending and receiving said information relative thereto and in which said controller means enables said information to be properly communicated between said first and second standardized networks.

An apparatus for information transmission involving one or more remote stations in a vehicle, comprising:

• at least a first remote station including computer means located at a distance from a vehicle
• a wireless device for location in the vehicle for use in sending and receiving information including data relative to said first remote station over an airlink:
• a plurality of different vehicle devices associated with the vehicle and which each of said vehicle devices for at least one of receiving and sending said information;
• controller means including processing means in the vehicle for controlling the sending and receiving of said information using said wireless device between said first remote station and the vehicle, said controller means further including first standard network communication means for use in presenting said information for transmission over the airlink in a first format that is acceptable to a first standardized network that includes the airlink, wherein said first network communication means enables said information to be provided to multiple users that utilize different makes of communication equipment, different processing hardware and different applications software executable by said processing means of said controller means, said first standard network communication means including a web server in the vehicle that responds to a plurality of service related requests and provides said information in said first format and a data memory that communicates with said web server for storing data in html that is obtainable using said web server and in which said web server provides said data in said first format, with said first format being http;
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• a second standard network communication means, different from said first standard network communication means, in communication with said controller means for presenting said information in a second format that is acceptable to a second standardized network, with said second standardized network communication means communicating with said vehicle devices for sending and receiving said information relative thereto and in which said controller means enables said information to be properly communicated between said first and second standardized networks.

A method for using at least a first standardized network for communicating information between a remote station and a vehicle, comprising:

• providing a wireless device in the vehicle;
• sending a message including a request for information and an address using a computer at the remote station;
• formatting said message so that it is acceptable to the first standardized network;
• configuring said message to communicate said message over an airlink;
• receiving said message in the vehicle using said wireless device;
• coordinating said request for information including checking for an address;
• sending said request for information to a server;
• obtaining information based on management by said server of said request for information, said obtained information being provided in accordance with a predetermined language arrangement, said obtaining step including accessing data memory for storing data defined in html using said server;
• formatting said obtained information using said server;
• transmitting said obtained information over said airlink using said wireless device;
• and receiving said information by said computer.

A method for using at least a first standardized network for communicating information between a remote station and a vehicle, comprising:

• providing a wireless device in the vehicle;
• sending a message including a request for information and an address using a computer at the remote station;
• formatting said message so that it is acceptable to the first standardized network:
• configuring said message to communicate said message over an airlink;
• receiving said message in the vehicle using said wireless device;
• coordinating said request for information including checking for an address;
• sending said request for information to a server;
• obtaining information based on management by said server of said request for information;
• said obtained information being provided in accordance with a predetermined language format, said obtaining step includes invoking an applications program using a CGI-bin in communication with said server and subsequently executing said applications program using processing means in the vehicle;
• formatting said obtained information using said server;
• transmitting said obtained information over said airlink using said wireless device;
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• receiving said information by said computer.

A method for communicating information between a computer at a remote site and a vehicle having a plurality of vehicle devices for sending and receiving information including data, comprising:

• providing a wireless device in the vehicle;
• requesting data from a first of said vehicle devices using said computer;
• formatting said request so that it is acceptable to a first standardized network, with said request including a first address associated with said first vehicle device, said step of formatting said request includes using a http web server and said first standardized network includes the Internet;
• configuring said request to communicate said request over an airlink;
• receiving said request in the vehicle using said wireless device;
• managing said request including where said data is to be obtained with reliance on said first address of said first vehicle device;
• obtaining said data after said managing step using a second standardized network, different from said first standardized network, said second standardized network includes a controller area network for providing communications protocol for a number of different vehicle devices;
• formatting said data so that it is acceptable to said first standardized network;
• transmitting said data over said airlink using said wireless device;
• and
• receiving said data associated with said first vehicle device by said computer.