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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Jeffrey Donald Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Bryan Clay Burke, Canton, NC (US);
Stephen Howard Craven, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
James Hardy Moore, Fort Worth, TX (US);
William Christopher Hall, Louisville, KY (US);
Danial Rice, Frederick, MD (US);
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and a communication system includes establishing a communication link between a first vehicle and an off-board database. The first vehicle and the off-board database are communicatively linked via a first communication system. A message from a second vehicle may be received via the off-board database. The second vehicle and the off-board database are communicatively coupled via a second communication system. A response may be communicated from the first vehicle to the second vehicle via the off-board database.