Patent ID: 9229963
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A data conversion system for a vehicle, the system comprising: an interface gateway device configured to be communicatively coupled with a data acquisition module and a client module, the data acquisition module configured to obtain a value of a data parameter related to operation of the vehicle and to communicate the value to the interface gateway device in a first message provided in a closed format, the closed format having rules of syntax that are not publicly available; wherein the interface gateway device is configured to determine that the first message is provided in the closed format by extracting one or more set of bits of the first message and comparing the one or more sets of bits to different identification sets of bits that are associated with different formats of message, the interface gateway device being further configured to convert the closed format of the first message into an open format to form a second message, the open format having rules of syntax that are publicly available, the interface gateway device further configured to communicate the second message to the client module for the client module to use the second message to perform a function for the vehicle.