VEHICLE REGION-SPECIFIC SOFTWARE UPDATES DISTRIBUTION

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20180024826A1
SERIAL NO

15213660

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

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.

First Claim

See full text

Other Claims data not available

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC1 AMERICAN ROAD FL4 DEARBORN MI 48126-2701

International Classification(s)

loading....
  • 2016 Application Filing Year
  • H04L Class
  • 37326 Applications Filed
  • 27972 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 74.94 % Issued To-Date
Click to zoom InYear of Issuance% of Matters IssuedCumulative IssuancesYearly Issuances20162017201820192020202120222023202420250255075100

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
CAUSHI, Brunilda Bleta Northville, US 6 65
VANGELOV, John Naum South Lyon, US 19 262

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

  • 20 Citation Count
  • H04L Class
  • 81.65 % this patent is cited more than
  • 7 Age
Citation count rangeNumber of patents cited in rangeNumber of patents cited in various citation count ranges1588587498833816210536231053701 - 1011 - 2021 - 3031 - 4041 - 5051 - 6061 - 7071 - 8081 - 9091 - 100100 +0500100015002000250030003500400045005000550060006500

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation