VEHICLE REGION-SPECIFIC SOFTWARE UPDATES DISTRIBUTION

A server receives, from a vehicle, a message indicating a geographic region in which the vehicle is located responsive to vehicle presence in the region for a predefined period, responsive to the message, updates a data store to associate the vehicle with the region, and responsive to a vehicle requ...

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Main Authors CAUSHI Brunilda Bleta, VANGELOV John Naum
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.01.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A server receives, from a vehicle, a message indicating a geographic region in which the vehicle is located responsive to vehicle presence in the region for a predefined period, responsive to the message, updates a data store to associate the vehicle with the region, and responsive to a vehicle request for software updates, indicates software updates provided by a regional software delivery network of the region based on the association. In response to determining, based on location information received from a positioning system, that the vehicle is located in a geographic region for a predefined plurality of region checks, a vehicle controller sends an indication of the region to a server. In response to receiving from the server addresses hosted by a regional software delivery network of software updates specific to vehicles located within the region, the controller establishes a connection with the network and installs the software updates.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615213660