Patent ID: 8965695
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle data network comprising: a central server that transmits signals; an egress point network, comprising a plurality of egress points, in communication with said central server wherein the plurality of egress points include fixed egress points and mobile egress points and further, wherein the plurality of egress points each receives the signals transmitted by the central server, and a participating vehicle network, comprising a plurality of participating vehicles, in communication with the egress point network and wherein the plurality of participating vehicles are in direct communication with each other for vehicle-to-vehicle communications and each mobile egress point in the egress point network corresponds to a participating vehicle in the participating vehicle network, wherein at least one of other participating vehicles communicating in vehicle-to-vehicle communication communicates with a mobile egress point in the egress point network, and wherein, the at least one of the other participating vehicles comprises a vehicle other than the mobile egress points, and wherein the at least one of the other plurality of vehicles participating in the vehicle network that is communicating in vehicle-to-vehicle communication communicating with the mobile egress point in the egress point network is in communication with the central server through the participating vehicle network and further, wherein when the at least one of the other participating vehicles is not able to receive signals from the central server, the at least one of the other participating vehicles receives information using vehicle-to-vehicle communication from the at least one of the participating vehicles that is a mobile egress point.