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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Conrad Delbert Seaman, Ottawa, CA;
Edward Snow Willis, Ottawa, CA;
Christopher Scott Travers, Ottawa, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide inter-vehicle data communications for drafting operations. In some aspects, a method is disclosed comprising: selecting, by a hardware processor of a first vehicle, a second vehicle as a candidate for a drafting group; receiving, from the second vehicle, a drafting capability indication; in response to receiving the drafting capability indication, transmitting, from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, a drafting request; receiving, from the second vehicle, a drafting response; determining, by the hardware processor of the first vehicle, to establish the drafting group including the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmitting, from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, a drafting confirmation, wherein the drafting confirmation indicates that the first vehicle agrees to establish the drafting group with the second vehicle.