Patent ID: 8510026
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
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 obtaining a value of a data parameter related to operation of the vehicle and communicating the value to the interface gateway device in a first message provided in a first format; wherein the interface gateway device is configured to, using one or more processors, convert the first format of the first message into a different, second format to form a second message and 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; wherein the interface gateway device is configured to convert the first format of the first message into the second format of the second message by at least one of applying a multiplier or divisor to change the value in the first message to a converted value that is communicated in the second message; applying a bias to change the value in the first message to a converted value that is communicated in the second message; converting a first data parameter identification in the first message into a different, second data parameter identification that is communicated in the second message; moving a decimal point to change the value of the first message to a converted value that is communicated in the second message; or extracting a subset of data included in the first message such that the extracted subset is communicated in the second message instead of all of the data in the first message.