Patent ID: 8973129
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: selecting, by processor of a detective vehicle, for each sub-period of a predefined time period, a target vehicle from a plurality of vehicles, based on the selecting, obtaining, by the processor of the detective vehicle, messages regarding a status of the target vehicle from at least one of: a group of vehicles from the plurality of vehicles, or an infrastructure-based server accessible to the target vehicle via a network connection, wherein the detective vehicle and each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles has a sporadic connection or no connection to the infrastructure-based server; based on obtaining the messages, determining, by the processor of the detective vehicle, the status of the target vehicle, based on determining that the status of the target vehicle is innocent, retaining an identifier of the target vehicle on a list comprising identifiers of vehicles determined by the processor of the detective vehicle to have the innocent status; and based on the predefined time period elapsing, providing, by the processor of the detective vehicle, the list to the vehicles associated with the identifiers on the list.