Method and apparatus for collecting information from multiple vehicles

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EP 1 107 208 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	13.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/24

(21)	Application number: 00310310.8

(22)	Date of filing: 20.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G08C 17/02, G01C 21/26, G08G 1/123

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

01.12.1999 US 451785

(71)	Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
	Dearborn, Michigan 48126 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Fecher, Dana Brian Farmington Hills, MI 48336 (US) Williams, Gregory H. Brighton, MI 48114-8106 (US) Stefan, Jeffrey Michael Clawson, MI 48017 (US)

(74)	Representative: McLean, Robert Andreas et al
	Dummett Copp, 25 The Square, Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3SL Ipswich IP5 3SL (GB)

(54)	Method and apparatus for collecting information from multiple vehicles

(57) The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for collecting remote data in a mobile vehicle. The method comprises the steps of a first vehicle (10) receiving selected information from a resource data system (ISP). A second vehicle (12) identifies needed information which it lacks and which may potentially be available from the first vehicle (10). The second vehicle (12) transmits an information request via a wireless communication system to the first vehicle (10) requesting the needed information and the first vehicle (10) transmits the needed information to the second vehicle (12) if the needed information is available within the selected information.

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