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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
John J. Correia, Livonia, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for intelligent procurement of data from a plurality of vehicles in a data-aggregation region using long-range communications, short-range communications, and group leader vehicles. The method includes a central server defining a plurality of data-aggregation areas and identifying at least one group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area. The method also includes the group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area collecting data from other vehicles in the data-aggregation area using short-range communications and the group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area determining to cease collecting data from the other vehicles in the data-aggregation area. The method further includes the group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area generating a consensus report using the data collected from the other vehicles in its data-aggregation area.