Patent ID: 6023232
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A vehicle communications system, comprising:a central computer which performs data networking applications;a plurality of individual devices for transmitting, receiving, recording, and/or processing data associated with the data networking applications;at least one data transmission channel with associated interfaces by which the individual devices can be connected with the central vehicle computer; andan adaptive application control separate from the data networking applications which communicates with the data networking applications through a uniform data format that is independent of the interfaces and the individual devices, the application control selecting flexibly and on the basis of a required function which is required by a selected one of the data networking applications, an appropriate one of the individual devices and an appropriate one of the interfaces required for said selected one of the data networking applications, the application control controlling the necessary data transmission processes, for which purpose the application control includes device gateways and interface gateways separate from the device gateways, which gateways the application control selects independently of one another, flexibly and on the basis of said required function, in order to control the respective individual devices through the respective interfaces.