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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Ian Christopher Drummond Doig, Roquefort les Pins, FR;
Stephen John Barrett, Haywards Heath, GB;
Nicholas Patrick Alfano, Vancouver, CA;
James Randolph Winter Lepp, Ottawa, CA;
Roland Emlyn Williams, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/091 (2013.01); G08G 1/09 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method at a computing device for the computing device to act as an intelligent transportation system (ITS) station for a vehicle, the method including detecting that the computing device is proximate to the vehicle; determining whether ITS messages are being sent on behalf of the vehicle; and if the determining finds ITS messages are not being sent on behalf of the vehicle, the computing device acting as the ITS station for the vehicle.