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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:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Donald B. Lee, Shoreline, WA (US);
Anil Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nha Thanh Nguyen, Shoreline, WA (US);
Timothy Mcnally Mitchel, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Donald B. Lee, Shoreline, WA (US);
Anil Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nha Thanh Nguyen, Shoreline, WA (US);
Timothy McNally Mitchel, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for communicating data between a vehicle and a ground-based unit are provided. The method includes communicatively coupling the vehicle to the ground-based unit, initiating a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) link between the vehicle and the ground-based unit when power is supplied to the vehicle, and updating data stored in the vehicle with data received from the ground-based unit.