DYNAMIC APPLICATION LOADING FOR ACCESSING VEHICLE ACCESSORY FUNCTIONALITY

A method of dynamically configuring a vehicle to interact with an accessory, for example, a trailer or piece of equipment, or another vehicle is disclosed. The method includes, responsive to a vehicle detecting a vehicle accessory, the vehicle detecting an application identifier from the accessory f...

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Main Author SHIRE, Joshua
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.07.2024
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method of dynamically configuring a vehicle to interact with an accessory, for example, a trailer or piece of equipment, or another vehicle is disclosed. The method includes, responsive to a vehicle detecting a vehicle accessory, the vehicle detecting an application identifier from the accessory for an application to be executed on the vehicle to access functionality associated with a corresponding application executable on the accessory, authenticating the application by processing the application identifier, determining if the authenticated application can be loaded onto the vehicle from a verified application source, automatically downloading the authenticated application from the verified application source, applying configuration information to the loaded application in the vehicle, executing the authenticated application on the vehicle to provide the vehicle with access to the application functionality executing on the accessory via a communications link between the vehicle and the accessory, and synchronizing the resulting vehicle configuration with an off-board database of vehicle configuration records.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202318396895