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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Omar Makke, Lyon Township, MI (US);
Cynthia M. Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Dehua Cui, Northville, MI (US);
David Allen Kowalski, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01);
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.