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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Applicants:
Juergen Reinold, Palatine, IL (US);
Donald J. Remboski, Dearborn, MI (US);
John D. Bruner, South Barrington, IL (US);
Inventors:
Juergen Reinold, Palatine, IL (US);
Donald J. Remboski, Dearborn, MI (US);
John D. Bruner, South Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle active network () communicatively couples devices () within a vehicle (). Device operation is independent of the interface () of the device () with the active network (). Additionally, the architecture of the active network () provides one or more levels of communication redundancy. The architecture provides for the total integration of vehicle systems and functions, and permits plug-and-play device integration and upgradeability.