Identity-Based Addressing for Unknown Vehicle Drivers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack methods and mechanisms for facilitating communication between vehicle drivers who are not known to each other and whose specific identifiers within a wireless communication network (e.g., telephone numbers and/or IP addresses) are not known to each other.
Innovation Solution
A first vehicle processes vehicle-identifying data from broadcast transmissions to select a second vehicle, generates a transmission carrying this data, and uses a remote server to determine the second vehicle's communication network address, enabling communication through vehicle-identifying data without prior knowledge of the second vehicle's specific identifier.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If specific identifiers (telephone numbers, IP addresses) are used for communication addressing, then communication reliability is improved, but communication between unknown vehicle drivers is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary that maintains a mapping between vehicle-identifying data and communication network addresses. This mediator enables indirect addressing where the first vehicle communicates with the server, which then routes the communication to the second vehicle, resolving the contradiction between reliable addressing and accessibility to unknown vehicles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the addressing system by introducing vehicle-identifying data (such as vehicle ID or position) as a separate addressing layer alongside traditional communication network addresses. This dimensional expansion allows vehicles to be identified and contacted through multiple pathways, enabling communication with unknown vehicles while maintaining reliable addressing through the server-mediated mapping.
2Ease of operation
If automatic discovery mechanisms are implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but ability to communicate with unknown vehicles without discovery process is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by having the remote server pre-establish and maintain mappings between vehicle-identifying data and communication network addresses before communication is needed. This preliminary setup enables vehicles to communicate immediately using pre-known identifiers without requiring real-time discovery processes, while still allowing flexibility to communicate with any vehicle that has registered its identifier.
3Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle-identifying data from broadcast transmissions is used, then communication between unfamiliar drivers is enabled, but additional processing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex address resolution function from the vehicles themselves and places it in the remote server. The vehicles only need to extract and send vehicle-identifying data from broadcast transmissions, while the server handles the complex task of mapping this data to communication network addresses and routing messages, thereby reducing on-vehicle system complexity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for identity-based addressing of wireless network communication between vehicle drivers. A first vehicle may receive and process a set of first transmissions from a set of second vehicles, each first transmission carrying vehicle-identifying data, such as GNSS positions. A user interface of the first vehicle may present a map or other visual representation of the set of second vehicles, and may detect a selection of one of the second vehicles. The first vehicle may then generate and send a second transmission carrying the vehicle-identifying data of the selected second vehicle, and may generate and send a set of third transmissions carrying data for a communication (such as a text, e-mail, or audio or video communication) to the selected second vehicle.