A method and system are provided to perform a process of managing communications in an environment including a mobile work machine having one or more on-board data links connected to one or more on-board modules and a gateway and including one or more off-board data links connected to one or more off-board systems and the gateway. The process is performed by the gateway and includes receiving a request generated by a source device and transmitted on a first data link. In one embodiment, the first data link may be either one of the on-board data links and one of the off-board data links. Based on the request, the gateway selectively executes a server application that performs a server process. Further, the gateway identifies a destination device associated with the request, configures the request to a format compatible with the destination device, and provides the formatted request to the destination device. Additionally, the gateway receives a response to the formatted request generated by the destination device, configures the response to a format compatible with the first data link, and sends the response to a target device over the first data link.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/483,915 entitled "Systems and Methods for Interfacing Off-Board and On-Board Networks in a Work Machine," filed Jul. 2, 2003, owned by the assignee of this application and expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/646,714, entitled "SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURITY OPERATIONS IN A WORK MACHINE," filed Aug. 25, 2003, U.S. application Ser. No. 10/646,716, entitled "SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING PROTOCOL CONVERSIONS IN A MACHINE," filed Aug. 25, 2003, U.S. application Ser. No. 10/646,809, entitled "SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN WORK MACHINES," filed Aug. 25, 2003, and U.S. application Ser. No. 10/646,685, entitled "METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING PROXY CONTROL FUNCTIONS IN A WORK MACHINE," filed Aug, 25, 2003, each owned by the assignee of this application and expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
