Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Abraham Mezaael

Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy

Hussam Makkiya

Ahmed Awadi

Shaheer Ahmed

Christian Krozal

Yamen Taleb

Wassim Mahmoud Nahle

Thomas Woloszyn

Jeffrey Scott Blair

A system includes one or more upfitter switches and a plurality of controllable vehicle features, wherein at least two of the features are controllable by a first of the upfitter switches, based on a dynamic configuration of the first upfitter switch. The system also includes a processor that can determine that a trigger state for reconfiguring the first upfitter switch has occurred and re-assign the first upfitter switch from controlling a first of the at least two features to controlling a second of the at least two features, responsive to the trigger state.

Adaptive upfitter switches

A system receives a request for an identified vehicle to complete a task. The system determines at least one route usable to complete the task and access a database of vehicle data snapshots to obtain data snapshots for one or more portions of the at least one route. The system simulates travel over at least the one or more portions, for the identified vehicle, including comparing and evaluating vehicle characteristics of the identified vehicle against route characteristics of the one or more portions identified from the data snapshots to identify any risks that the identified vehicle may encounter over the one or more portions. Additionally, the system, based on the results of the comparing and evaluating, presents any risks identified as likely to occur when using the identified vehicle to complete the task and traveling over at least the identified portions.

Validation of vehicle prior to route utilization

A vehicle wirelessly receives configuration data defining data-gathering and data-reporting parameters associated with at least one context. The vehicle defines data to be gathered by the vehicle related to the context and, as the vehicle travels, gathers the defined data. The vehicle compares the gathered data to the at least one context to determine if there is a correlation between at least one of the at least one contexts and the gathered data, and responsive to there being a correlation, sets vehicle data-gathering and data-reporting based on the parameters associated with the context to which the gathered data correlates.

Dynamic vehicle data structure and configuration adjustment

Technologies are provided for dynamic delivery of travel planning information based at least on a travel condition. The travel planning information can be crowdsourced from multiple supplier accounts and can be retained in a distributed storage platform. Some embodiments of the technologies include a computing system that can receive data identifying travel conditions of a subject from a mobile user equipment (UE). The travel conditions can include a health condition and/or biometric data. The mobile UE can be a portable computing device or a vehicle. The computing system can determine that a rule to provide travel planning information is satisfied, and then can acquire specific travel planning information using at least one of the travel conditions. The computing system can provide the first travel planning information to the mobile UE.

Dynamic delivery of crowdsourced travel planning information

A server including an interface configured to communicate with a blockchain network having a plurality of nodes including a vehicle, and a first entity; and a processor, programmed to receive a plurality of trigger events of a first cluster broadcasted by the vehicle to the blockchain network, receive a first request from the first entity to access the plurality of trigger events of the first cluster, send a first key to the first entity to allow the access to the plurality of trigger events of the first cluster, receive a plurality of trigger events of a second cluster broadcasted by the vehicle to the blockchain network, receive a second request from the first entity to access the plurality of trigger events of the second cluster, and decline the second request.

Fleet trigger-based incentives with blockchain

The disclosure is directed to, among other things, systems and methods for secure peer-to-peer vehicle rentals. An example method may include receiving, by a node in a distributed ledger network, a request to rent a first vehicle. The example method may also include storing, based on receiving the request, a rental agreement for the vehicle as a transaction on a ledger of the distributed ledger network. The example method may also include receiving, by the ledger, data from a telematics control unit (TCU) of the vehicle during the a duration of the rental agreement. The example method may also include storing the data on the ledger, wherein a first device associated with an owner of the vehicle is prevented from remotely controlling a first set of functions of the vehicle during the duration of the rental agreement, and wherein the first device is also prevented from accessing the data on the ledger. The example method may also include enabling, based on the data from the TCU of the vehicle, the first device to perform remote control of the first set of functions of the vehicle.

Systems and methods for secure peer-to-peer vehicle rentals

The disclosure is directed to, among other things, systems and methods for remote storage of information associated with a node of a distributed ledger network. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may involve providing, by a first node of a distributed ledger network of nodes and to a first server, first information associated with the first node, wherein the network of nodes includes a network of vehicles. The systems and methods may also involve receiving, by a ledger of the first node and from the first server, a pointer to the first information that is stored at the first server, wherein the pointer is stored in the ledger, and wherein the ledger is a distributed ledger included in all of the nodes of the network of nodes.

Systems and methods for remote storage of information associated with a distributed ledger network

A vehicle data system may include an onboard diagnostic port configured to receive a request for a threshold relating to a vehicle parameter, the threshold indicating a limit in a standard operating range of the vehicle parameter, and a processor configured to receive the request for the threshold, receive vehicle data from at least one vehicle component, and apply a filter to the vehicle data to generate a tuned threshold for the requested threshold based on an initial value and the vehicle data.

System for determining connected vehicle parameters

Technologies are provided for automated configuration of delivery of a product or service. The technologies include a vehicular network that can detect job requests for the delivery of a product or service, where the job requests are based on hashtags. Each vehicle in the vehicular network can include an apparatus that can receive request data from a computing system remotely located relative to the vehicle. A first portion of the request data defines a job request which can be detected by the apparatus by validating the request data. The apparatus can then update a ledger record and also can cause other vehicle in the vehicular network to update other respective ledger records. In addition, the apparatus can send a response to the job request to the computing system. The response permits implementing, or managing the implementation, of a transaction corresponding to the job request.

Automated configuration of provision of products and services

A vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU); a human-machine interface (HMI); and a processor, configured to responsive to receiving a user profile from a mobile device wirelessly connected to the vehicle, identify a requested configuration associated with the user profile, responsive to verifying the requested configuration is unavailable to the vehicle, identify an alternative configuration to the requested configuration using a vehicle snapshot locally stored in the vehicle, and apply the alternative configuration, wherein the vehicle snapshot includes conversion information between the requested configuration and the alternative configuration.

Applying user profile to a vehicle

A vehicle system may include a memory of a vehicle configured to maintain at least one smart contract between a manufacturer of the vehicle and a supplier of components to the manufacturer, and a processor of the vehicle configured to receive at least one diagnostic code from the vehicle, the diagnostic code being associated with at least one vehicle component, in response to the code being identified by the processor as being associated with the at least one smart contract, update the at least one smart contract within the memory with the code, and transmit the smart contract, as updated, to a third party associated with the vehicle component.

System and method for smart contract management using DTCs

Systems and methods are provided herein for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations, and, in some embodiments, involve blockchain or other distributed ledger technologies. Systems and methods for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations may include receiving a service request, wherein the service request is a request for a passenger ride or a request for a cargo transport, receiving first information for a first node, wherein the first information comprises a vehicle size, a vehicle weight, and/or a number of seats, receiving second information comprising a first threshold number of vehicle occupants and/or a first threshold vehicle occupant weight limit, determining that the first threshold number of vehicle occupants or the first threshold vehicle occupant weight limit are exceeded, and sending an indication that the first node has not accepted the service request.

Systems and methods for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations

A system includes a processor configured to detect an onboard request for vehicle-action reporting configuration. The processor is also configured to send a vehicle identifier to a configuration server, responsive to the request. The processor is further configured to receive a set of configuration data, representing tuned trigger variables for vehicle reporting, tuned to a vehicle identified by the identifier. Additionally, the processor is configured to use the configuration data to tune a set of vehicle reporting trigger variables, such that a reporting entity reports based upon occurrence of a tuned variable.

Method and apparatus for vehicle-tuned diagnostics and reporting

A server includes a memory configured to store a software update for a vehicle; and a processor configured to responsive to receiving first usage data from the vehicle indicative of a usage pattern of the vehicle, analyze the first usage data to identify an entity associated with the vehicle; receive second usage data from the entity indicative of a usage pattern of the entity; predict the entity and the vehicle to be within a predefined distance for establishing a wireless connection based on the usage pattern of vehicle and the usage pattern of the entity; responsive to verifying a capability of the wireless connection, divide the software update into multiple partitions; and transmit one or more partitions to the entity for sharing with the vehicle over the wireless connection.

Vehicle update data sharing

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a first message from a vehicle specifying an event in the vehicle; identify vehicle data to confirm or disprove the event in the vehicle; identify an application programming interface (API) in the vehicle to access at least some of the vehicle data; and transmit to the vehicle a second message including a query for the vehicle data according to the API.

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Southfield, MI, United States of America

Abraham Mezaael