Volkswagen Ag

Audi Ag

Simon Gerlach

Lars Scholz

Gerd Penshorn

Michael Klaas

Carsten Rieger

André Zierfuss

Henning Post

Sagnik Dhar

Sven Wiethölter

Ralf Siegel

Lennart Helmhold

Christoph Oehlsen

Integration of at least one vehicle application for a vehicle, wherein each vehicle application is designed to control a function of the vehicle. This may be achieved by establishing a communications link between a mobile device and the vehicle, and transmitting data from the at least one vehicle application from the vehicle to the mobile device via the communications link or by launching an application on the mobile device, wherein a message is sent from the mobile device to the vehicle when the application has been launched and execution of a vehicle application is launched in the vehicle on the basis of the message.

Method and apparatus for integration of vehicle applications

A method, an apparatus, a vehicle and a control center for establishing an up-to-dateness of a local user setting. The method for a first information system establishes an up-to-dateness of a local user setting and includes determining a first data word based on the local user setting. The first data word is representable with a smaller volume of data than the local user setting. The method also provides the first data word for comparison with a second data word of a second information system. The second data word is based on a remotely stored user setting. The method further establishes the up-to-dateness of the local user setting if the first data word matches the second data word.

Method, device, vehicle and central station for determining the actuality of a local user setting

A method, a device, and a computer program for managing a storage region of a controller of a transportation vehicle. One or more user-specific datasets are stored in the storage region. The method includes monitoring an available storage capacity of the storage region, obtaining a new user-specific dataset, transferring data from the storage region of the controller to an external storage unit in response to the available storage capacity not being sufficient for storing the new user-specific dataset in the storage region, and storing the new user-specific dataset in the storage region.

Method, device, and computer program for managing a storage region of a controller of a transportation vehicle

Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for establishing a communication link between an information system and a mobile device. The apparatus for an information system includes a first communication module for communication with a computer infrastructure, a second communication module for communication with the mobile device, and a control module for controlling the first communication module and the second communication module. The control module obtains information about communication parameters for a communication link between the information system and the mobile device from the mobile device using the computer infrastructure and the first communication module and establishes the communication link between the information system and the mobile device using the second communication module based on the information about the communication parameters.

Device, method, and computer program for establishing a communication link between an information system and a mobile device

Devices, methods and computer programs for establishing a communications link between an information system of a transportation vehicle and a mobile device. The device for an information system of a transportation vehicle for producing a communications link to a mobile device includes a communications module and a control module. The control module controls the communications module, receives information about a hardware address of the mobile device, detects the hardware address of the mobile device via the communications module based on the information about the hardware address, initiates the pairing of the mobile device with the information system based on the hardware address of the mobile device and establishes the communication link to the mobile device based on the pairing.

Devices, methods and computer program for producing a communication link between an information system of a transportation vehicle and a mobile device

A device for a vehicle for setting up a wireless communication link to a mobile apparatus. The device includes a radio device and detects time periods during which a respective mobile apparatus from group of mobile apparatuses is located within range of the radio device for setting up the wireless communication link. The device detects the respective time period for each of the mobile apparatuses within range. The device sets up the wireless communication link to at least one mobile apparatus as a function of the detected time periods.

Process for wireless connection of mobile devices

Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for acquiring and providing measurement results from mobile devices. Disclosed is a method for providing information about a measurement result of a mobile device which includes obtaining a data message containing information about a measurement job. The information about the measurement job includes information about a geographical area in which the measurement job is to be carried out. The method further includes determining whether the mobile device is within the geographical area, determining the measurement result based on the information about the measurement job if the mobile device is within the geographical area, and providing the information about the measurement result based on the determined measurement result.

Methods, apparatus and computer programs for capturing measurement results of mobile devices

A method for predicting a destination of a vehicle includes receiving vehicle data from a plurality of sensors, the vehicle data including at least a current location and a current time, determining a plurality of usage scenarios based on the vehicle data, accessing historical vehicle data and user data from a database, assigning, based on the vehicle data, a likelihood value to each of the plurality of usage scenarios, and predicting a set of destinations and routes for each of the plurality of usage scenarios.

Situation-aware route and destination predictions

An in-vehicle system for providing a driver with access to functionality of a mobile device that includes a head unit with an in-vehicle display for providing infotainment to the driver, software that configures the user interface with a graphical scheme native to the head unit, and a software interface by which the head unit can receive deep links from the mobile device. Deep links identify application contexts available within the mobile software applications, and are made available to a user from within in-vehicle software applications. When a user selects a deep link from within an in-vehicle software application, the deep link is followed and the appropriate application context is rendered by mobile device. The application context is then mirrored onto the in-vehicle display, where a driver can view and interact with it using mirroring technology.

Mirroring deeplinks

Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for controlling functions of a vehicle. The apparatus for an information system of a vehicle includes a communication module for communication with a mobile device and a control module for controlling the communication module. The control module obtains a key signal and information about a user profile from the mobile device via the communication module. The user profile includes user settings for functions of the vehicle. The information about the user profile includes data about at least one subset of the user settings. The control module controls a locked state of the vehicle based on the key signal and controls at least one subset of the functions of the vehicle based on the information about the user profile.

Apparatus, method and computer program for controlling functions of a vehicle

A system and method for providing navigational maneuver instructions, where a navigation apparatus is configured to generate navigation map data on a navigation system display. The navigation apparatus may include a communications input for receiving at least one of traffic data and vehicle data. A secondary display apparatus may be communicatively coupled to the navigation system, wherein the navigation system is configured to determine a maneuver instruction sequence based on traffic data and/or vehicle data. The maneuver instruction sequence includes a series of directional instructions for responding to the traffic data and/or vehicle data. At least some of the directional instructions are represented for display as a series of generic navigational indicia.

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Simon Gerlach