Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for utilizing vehicles as mobile network nodes for digital data transfer
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Application No.: US14940825Application Date: 2015-11-13
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Publication No.: US10349232B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Omar Makke , Cynthia M. Neubecker , Perry Robinson MacNeille , Dehua Cui , David Allen Kowalski
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: H04W4/12
- IPC: H04W4/12 ; H04B1/3822 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W84/00
Abstract:
A system includes a processor configured to request delivery of a queued digital message from passing vehicles in wireless communication with the processor, after determining that the vehicle is broadcasting suitable delivery characteristics that make eventual delivery of the message to an intended recipient likely to be facilitated by the vehicle acting as an intermediary carrier of the message.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170142561A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING VEHICLES AS MOBILE NETWORK NODES FOR DIGITAL DATA TRANSFER Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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