Patent ID: 8532866
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G07C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of placing a plurality of independent computing devices in concurrent communication with a single vehicle data port comprising the steps of: connecting a transceiver in electrical communication with the vehicle data port, the transceiver configured to organize and synchronize vehicle communication requests from the plurality of independent computing devices and to communicate those vehicle communication requests and responses to those vehicle communication requests to and from the vehicle data port in real time; opening connections between the transceiver and the plurality of computing devices; concurrently passing a plurality of vehicle communication requests from the plurality of computing devices to the transceiver, upon receipt of which the transceiver processes, prioritizes and sequences the requests in compliance with predetermined vehicle protocol requirements; sending processed requests to the vehicle data port so that the vehicle may operate on the processed requests and passing back to the transceiver any vehicle communications that incorporate data from the vehicle and are responsive to the processed requests; and selectively transmitting the responsive vehicle communications from the transceiver to the plurality of computing devices based on which of the plurality of computing devices requested which portions of the responsive vehicle communications; the transceiver being further configured to identify duplicative requests from the plurality of computing devices, send a single communications request to the vehicle, and provide a response to more than one computing device.