Method and apparatus for dynamically updating a vehicle module configuration record

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9298649-B2
Application number	US-201414291294-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2014
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to detect that a vehicle module update has been performed. The processor is further configured to create an identifier associated with a module that indicates an updated status and for each module having an identifier indicating an updated status associated therewith, requesting subscription to a topic, corresponding to the updated module, and specific to an individual vehicle, from a remote server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
detect that a vehicle module update has been performed;
create an identifier associated with a module that indicates an updated status; and
for each module having an identifier indicating an updated status associated therewith, requesting subscription to a topic, corresponding to the updated module, and specific to an individual vehicle, from a remote server.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the module is a software module.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the module is a firmware module.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the topic is identified by the same name as the identifier.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive confirmation from the remote server that the subscription request was successful.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifier comprises a previous identifier name identifying a previous module version, having indicia appended thereto indicating the updated status.

7. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive a request from a vehicle computer to subscribe to a topic associated with an updated vehicle module;
determine that the topic does not already exist for the specific requesting vehicle; and
based on receipt of the request and the determination that the topic does not exist, create a vehicle-specific topic corresponding to the updated module.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle module is a software module.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle module is a firmware module.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the topic is named based on an identifier associated with the updated module.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the identifier comprises a previous identifier name identifying a previous module version, having indicia appended thereto indicating the updated status.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the topic identifies a current module version for a specific vehicle.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the topic name identifies the current module version.

14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a request from a vehicle computer to subscribe to a topic associated with an updated vehicle module;
determining, via a computer, that the topic does not already exist for the specific requesting vehicle; and
based on receipt of the request and the determination that the topic does not exist, creating a vehicle-specific topic corresponding to the updated module.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the vehicle module is a software module.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the vehicle module is a firmware module.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the topic is named based on an identifier associated with the updated module.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the identifier comprises a previous identifier name identifying a previous module version, having indicia appended thereto indicating the updated status.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the topic identifies a current module version for a specific vehicle.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the topic name identifies the current module version.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Pandya Ritesh
• Petersen Brian
• Rork Joseph Paul
• Yalavarty Praveen

Classifications

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F13/14 Primary

  Handling requests for interconnection or transfer · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• B60R16/02 Primary

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• H04L67/55

  Push-based network services · CPC title