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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Dongxia Liu, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Hairong Lei, San Jose, CA (US);
Raj Abhyanker, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dongxia Liu, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Hairong Lei, San Jose, CA (US);
Raj Abhyanker, Cupertino, CA (US);
LEGALFORCE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of distributed communication of independent autonomous vehicles to provide redundancy and performance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of autonomous vehicles operates in a geographically proximate area through which peer-to-peer communication sessions are established between nearby ones of the set of autonomous vehicles through an ad-hoc network based on a present geo-spatial location of each one of the set of autonomous vehicles in communication proximity to preferred adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles. A central server directly coupled to each of the set of autonomous vehicles establishes centralized communication paths with each of the set of autonomous vehicles through a wide area network. The centralized server processes a communication from adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles when an error condition is detected in an operational mode of a non-functional vehicle that has lost communication with the central server.