US 11,932,296 B2
Method for obtaining route and directive data for interlocked subdivisions
Ann K. Grimm, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); and Rebecca W. Dreasher, Longmont, CO (US)
Assigned to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US)
Filed by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/443,485.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/688,205, filed on Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0389499 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. B61L 27/16 (2022.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/30 (2022.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01); B61L 27/70 (2022.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 43/103 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC B61L 27/16 (2022.01) [B61L 25/02 (2013.01); B61L 27/30 (2022.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01); B61L 27/70 (2022.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G06F 16/2365 (2019.01); H04L 43/103 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
obtain data associated with one or more operating authorities operating one or more areas through which a vehicle may travel;
send an ancillary area version request message to a remote server to determine an ancillary area that is not included in the data;
receive additional data from a first operating authority of the one or more operating authorities that is associated with the ancillary area that is not included in the data;
communicate with one or more wayside interface units in the ancillary area that is not included in the data; and
establish an unique secure communication channel with the one or more wayside interface units responsive to determining the ancillary area that is not included in the data.