IP Library Granted Patent US 7,747,291
Granted Patent B2
US 7,747,291 · App. 12/546,650 · Granted Jun 29, 2010

Wireless communication method

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Patent No.
US 7,747,291
App. No.
12/546,650
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of communicating with a mobile unit using a wireless communication system are described. In one embodiment, a signal is received from a transmitting mobile unit. The status of the mobile unit is determined and a communication is constructed. The communication comprises at least one communication packet comprising a plurality of information fields. The communication is transmitted to the mobile unit.

Claims (57)

1. A method of wirelessly interconnecting a vehicle with a mobile unit and a website, the method comprising:

broadcasting a short range communication link from the vehicle comprising a transceiver to the mobile unit wherein the short range communication link is a first communication link;

determining by the vehicle if the first communication link with the mobile unit is authorized;

establishing a second communication link between the vehicle and the website;

receiving a communication from the mobile unit, by the vehicle, the communication comprising information to be stored at the website;

uploading the communication from the vehicle to the website;

receiving by the vehicle a confirmation that the communication was received by the website; and

sending the confirmation from the vehicle to the mobile unit.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining by the vehicle if the first communication link with the mobile unit is authorized comprises notifying a vehicle operator to authorize the first communication link.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile unit comprises a cell phone.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile unit comprises a laptop computer.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication comprises a text file.

6. A method of wirelessly providing a weather or traffic update to a vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing a short range communication link between a mobile unit comprising a memory, and the vehicle comprising a transceiver wherein the short range communication link is a first communication link;

establishing a second communication link between the mobile unit and a wireless communication system;

receiving a communication by the mobile unit from the vehicle, the communication comprising identification and GPS information;

transmitting the identification and GPS information from the mobile unit to the wireless communication system;

receiving a weather or traffic update by the mobile unit from the wireless communication system;

sending the weather or traffic update from the mobile unit to the vehicle; and

storing, in the memory, information related to the weather or traffic update in a communication log.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the mobile unit comprises a cell phone.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the sending comprises sending a text file.

9. A method of wirelessly receiving a weather or traffic update in a vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing a short range communication link between a mobile unit and the vehicle comprising a transceiver;

determining by the vehicle if the short range communication link is authorized;

receiving, from a vehicle operator, a voice activated request for a weather or traffic update;

sending a communication from the vehicle, through the mobile unit, to a wireless communication system, the communication comprising identification and GPS information;

receiving, by the vehicle, the weather or traffic update, through the mobile unit, from the wireless communication system; and

outputting the weather or traffic update via an audio visual interface of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the outputting the weather or traffic update via the audio visual interface of the vehicle comprises outputting the weather or traffic update via at least one speaker of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the mobile unit comprises a cell phone.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the weather or traffic update from the wireless communication system comprises a text file.

13. A method of wirelessly providing a weather update to a vehicle, the method comprising:

storing information, at a wireless communication system, the information associated with the vehicle comprising a transceiver;

receiving a communication from the vehicle, through a mobile unit comprising a microprocessor, the communication comprising identification and GPS information;

interfacing the wireless communication system with a weather bureau to obtain a weather update;

sending the weather update from the wireless communication system, through the mobile unit, to the vehicle, and

storing, in a memory, information related to the communication in a communication log.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the mobile unit comprises a cell phone.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the sending comprises sending a text file.

16. A method of wirelessly reporting an accident by a vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing a short range communication link between a mobile unit and the vehicle comprising a transceiver;

determining by the vehicle if the short range communication link is authorized;

determining, by the vehicle, that an accident occurred;

requesting, by the vehicle, that the mobile unit send a communication to an emergency services personnel, the communication comprising the position of the vehicle; and

receiving, by the vehicle, a confirmation that the communication was received.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the mobile unit comprises a cell phone.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the communication comprises a text file.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the confirmation comprises a voice communication.

20. A method of wirelessly providing a traffic update to a vehicle, the method comprising:

storing information, at a wireless communication system, the information associated with the vehicle comprising a transceiver;

receiving a communication from the vehicle, through a mobile unit comprising a microprocessor, the communication comprising identification and GPS information;

interfacing the wireless communication system with a network to obtain a traffic update;

sending the traffic update from the wireless communication system, through the mobile unit, to the vehicle, and

storing, in a memory, information related to the communication in a communication log.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the mobile unit comprises a cell phone.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein the sending comprises sending a text file.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 160 LLC
To: FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 052853/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 160 LLC
Reel/Frame 052547/0948 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: TAMIRAS PER PTE. LTD., LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
Reel/Frame 045176/0365 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: SEONG SANG INVESTMENTS LLC
To: TAMIRAS PER PTE. LTD., LLC
Reel/Frame 036923/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2013
From: HIMMELSTEIN, RICHARD B.
To: SEONG SANG INVESTMENTS LLC
Reel/Frame 029635/0021 →