Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Oracle International Corporation

Teac Aerospace Technologies, Inc.

Peter Strarup Jensen

Darryl J Mocek

Pavel S Veselov

Terrence Barr

Shahriar Vaghar

Shivakumar Govindarajapuram

Behfar Razavi

Dianna L Decristo

William Finlay McWalter

Venkata S Ayyagari

Nikolay G Grigoryev

An invention is provided for a system for managing and deploying software functionality to a vehicle client including a server including a user preference list, a communication tier, applications for receiving a request from the vehicle client, the request identifying the particular user preference and applications for deploying the selected plurality of services and the plurality of service directories in the particular user's preference list to the vehicle client in response to a request from the vehicle client. The user preference list includes a selected plurality of services subscribed by a corresponding particular user's preference list, each one of the plurality of services including a plurality of software components and information for use of a corresponding service, wherein the selected plurality of services are downloadable service implementation components and a plurality of service directories, each service directory including a list of service objects. The communication tier couples the server and a plurality of devices via one or more networks, wherein the plurality of devices includes at least one vehicle client.

System and method for managing and deploying functional services to a vehicle client

An invention is disclosed for a computer protocol that facilitates provisioning services to client devices. The computer protocol includes discovery transactions that allow a client device to retrieve information regarding services available to the client device from a provisioning server. A service comprises a plurality of content files capable of being installed on the client device. The computer protocol also includes subscription transactions that allow the client device to manage content in service directories. A service directory comprises a plurality of services. Further included in the computer protocol are delivery transactions that allow the client device to downloading of data related to services.

Protocol method for provisioning services

An invention is provided for provisioning services to client devices. In one embodiment, discovery transactions are included that allow an adapter software component to retrieve information regarding services available to a client device from a provisioning application. A service comprises a plurality of content files capable of being installed on the client device. Also included are subscription transactions that allow an adapter software component to manage content in service directories. A service directory comprises a plurality of services. In addition, delivery transactions are included that allow an adapter to facilitate downloading of data related to services to the client device.

Application programming interface for provisioning services

A telematics system is provided. The system includes a telematics client framework having an interface to client applications and being integrated with a client communications framework. The client communications framework has a client stream manager, a client data pump, a client policy manager, and a client channel monitor. The channel monitor detects availability of channels for communication with a telematics server framework. The telematics server framework includes an interface to server applications and is integrated with a server communications framework. The client channel monitor is configured to communicate availability of channels to connection objects of the client data pump. Switching between channels is triggered based on information obtained from the client policy manager.

Adaptive connection routing over multiple communication channels

A method for arbitrating channel bandwidth among a plurality of logical connections desiring access over a communication channel to transmit data is provided. The method includes detecting a connection desiring access through the communication channel and assigning the connection to a group having arbitration parameters. Then, the method packetizes the data to be transmitted and transmits each packet of the data in time slices. In each time slice, data is transmitted using the arbitration parameters of the group.

Arbitration of communication channel bandwidth

An invention is provided for affording asynchronous fault-tolerant and adaptive communication in a distributed computing environment. The invention includes periodically updating a stored connection state value, which is received from an application. The connection state value indicates the number of data elements processed by the application. An interruption in a digital connection is then detected on a network between two endpoints. Upon detection, the stored connection state value is exchanged with the opposite endpoint over the network. In this manner, remaining data elements of the transaction can be received sequentially over the network from the opposite endpoint. In particular, the remaining data elements begin with a data element at a point indicated by the connection state value plus one.

Method for asynchronous support of fault-tolerant and adaptive communication

A method of managing power used by a recording medium is disclosed. The recording medium receives a maximum current value and limits its operation to consume up to the maximum current value during a given storage operation. The recording medium may comprise a storage module coupled to a controller. The controller in the recording medium may receive the maximum current value and limit the operation of the recording medium to the maximum current value.

Power management in operating recording media

An invention is provided for fault-tolerant and adaptive communication in a distributed computing environment. The invention includes detecting an interruption in a digital connection on a network between two endpoints. Upon detection, a connection state value indicating a number of data elements processed by the application is obtained. The connection state value is then exchanged with the opposite endpoint over the network. In this manner, remaining data elements of the transaction can be received sequentially over the network from the opposite endpoint. In particular, the remaining data elements begin with a data element at a point indicated by the connection state value plus one.

Method for synchronous support of fault-tolerant and adaptive communication

An invention is disclosed for providing an asynchronous protocol framework. A registry is provided having a plurality of proxies, wherein each proxy implements a generic interface for a related to a software component. In addition, each proxy is capable of providing specific messages to the related software component based on an underlying design structure of the software component, for example, EJB specific or JMS specific messages. A first proxy is obtained from the registry, wherein the first proxy is related to a first software component, a message is sent to the first software component using the generic interface of the first proxy. In particular, the first proxy sends a specific message to the first software component based on the underlying design structure of the first software component.

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