Patent ID: 7286825
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An automatic method for communication among mobile units, comprising the processing acts in a vehicle-mounted mobile unit of: defining a plurality of virtual logic networks, where each virtual logic network is formed of mobile units that satisfy a predetermined membership condition associated with the virtual logic network; acquiring information from another mobile unit through a physical network of mobile units located within a physically communicable range; registering the another mobile unit as a member of a virtual logic network if the another mobile unit satisfies the predetermined membership condition associated with the virtual logic network by referring to the acquired information of the another mobile unit; monitoring at least one of the vehicle environment and a condition associated with the mobile unit for a predetermined event; and automatically selecting an appropriate virtual logic network according to a monitored event when the event takes place, selecting a communicating party from among the members of the selected virtual logic network, and communicating with the selected party.