Patent ID: 8410631

Claim:
A method for transmitting and/or receiving signals for multiple different types of services via a first antenna internal to a vehicle and a second antenna external to the vehicle, the method comprising: setting a switch to a first configuration in which both the first antenna internal to the vehicle and the second antenna external to the vehicle are connected to a first communication path in a shared manner, and in which both the first and second antennas are configured to transmit and/or receive signals of a first type of service via the first, shared communication path, automatically detecting a detectable event, and in response to detecting the detectable event, automatically setting the switch to second configuration in which (a) the first antenna internal to the vehicle is connected to the first communication path and configured to transmit and/or receive signals of the first type of service via the first communication path, and (b) the second antenna external to the vehicle is connected to a second communication path and configured to transmit and/or receive signals of a second type of service via a second communication path, the second type of service being different than the first type of service.