Patent ID: 7373108
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A data sharing apparatus for sharing and transmitting data to a remote server, the data comprising at least one geographic position, the data sharing apparatus comprising: a processing unit; a localization device providing a geographic position of the data sharing apparatus to the processing unit; a collected data database storing the geographic position of the data sharing apparatus provided by the processing unit together with corresponding time; a wireless short-range transceiver connected to said processing unit and providing a short-range wireless connection to another one of said data sharing apparatus, the short-range wireless connection being used to transmit at least one part of said stored geographic position of the data sharing apparatus together with the corresponding time and an identifier identifying a transmitting data sharing apparatus; and a data network transceiver connected to said processing unit and providing a connection to a remote server for sending at least one part of the collected data database, to said remote server based on a priority, the priority being dependent on the corresponding time; wherein said provided short-range wireless connection between more than one data sharing apparatus enables the sharing of data that will further be transmitted to said remote server using the data network transceiver of one of the more than one data sharing apparatus, enabling a management of the transmission of data between each of the data sharing apparatus and said remote server, the management being dependent on the priority.