Patent ID: 8903574

Claim:
A system comprising: a fault determination module configured for deployment in a first vehicle in a vehicle consist and further configured to determine that a first electronic component in the first vehicle is in a failure state of the first electronic component, wherein in the failure state the first electronic component is unable to perform a first designated function using first data; a data transmitter module configured to transmit the first data from the first vehicle to a second vehicle in the vehicle consist in response to the fault determination module determining that the first electronic component is in the failure state, for a second electronic component in the second vehicle to perform the first designated function using the first data when the first electronic component is unable to perform the first designated function using the first data, the first vehicle linked with the second vehicle by a communication channel; a data receiver module configured for deployment in the first vehicle and further configured to receive second data from at least one of the second vehicle or a third vehicle in the vehicle consist; and a data processor module configured to be operably connected to the data receiver module and to perform a second designated function, using the second data, of a third electronic component of said at least one of the second vehicle or the third vehicle when the third electronic component is in a failure state of the third electronic component and unable to perform the second designated function using the second data.