Monitoring systems of a vehicle by generating and transmitting customized information messages to wireless networked computers

A system for monitoring systems of a vehicle, comprising:

• a plurality of wireless networked computers onboard the vehicle;
• and
• a vehicle data recorder comprising:
• a processor, the processor being configured to:
• receive data from a plurality of sensors associated with the systems of the vehicle;
• determine relevant information from the received data that is used by each of the plurality of wireless networked computers based on at least a function performed by each wireless networked computer with respect to an associated one of a multiplicity of components of the systems of the vehicle;
• formulate, using a configuration table, a particular different customized information message for each of the plurality of wireless networked computers, wherein the configuration table comprises:
• an identification of a particular wireless networked computer for each of the plurality of wireless networked computers;
• relevant information used by the particular wireless networked computer associated with the identification for each particular wireless networked computer;
• a condition or criteria associated with the use of the relevant information or operation of the particular wireless networked computer associated with the identification for each particular wireless networked computer;
• and
• a specification for formatting and transmitting the particular different customized information message associated with the identification for each particular wireless networked computer;
• and wherein the vehicle data recorder further comprises:
• a transceiver to transmit each particular different customized information message directly within the vehicle to different ones of the plurality of wireless networked computers designated to receive each particular different customized information message according to the configuration table.

A computer program product for monitoring systems of a vehicle, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors associated with the systems of the vehicle;
• computer readable program code configured to determine relevant information from the received data that is used by each of a plurality of wireless networked computers onboard the vehicle based on at least a function performed by each wireless networked computer with respect to an associated one of a multiplicity of components of the systems of the vehicle;
• computer readable program code configured to formulate, using a configuration table, a particular different customized information message for each of the plurality of wireless networked computers, wherein the configuration table comprises;
• an identification of a particular wireless networked computer for each of the plurality of wireless networked computers;
• relevant information used by the particular wireless networked computer associated with the identification for each particular wireless networked computer;
• a condition or criteria associated with the use of the relevant information or operation of the particular wireless networked computer associated with the identification for each particular wireless networked computer;
• and
• a specification for formatting and transmitting the particular different customized information message associated with the identification for each particular wireless networked computer;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to transmit each particular different customized information message directly within the vehicle to different ones of the plurality of wireless networked computers designated to receive each particular different customized information message according to the configuration table.