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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kevin Burdette, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robin Mathew Kurian, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kujtim Shala, Cologne NRW, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle and method of operation, which include a vehicle computing system having at least one controller coupled to a transceiver and configured to poll for and respond to subscribe requests from at least two mobile device applications, communicating with the transceiver near a vehicle cabin. In response to the subscribe requests, the controller(s) establish a monitored connection to an active one of the navigation applications. In response to at least one of destination, waypoint, active status, and current location signals from the monitored connection, the controller(s) communicate the signals to inactive applications, and may be further configured to communicate such signals from the inactive applications to other active and inactive applications. The controller(s) also poll the navigation and/or non-navigation applications for one or more data share permissions and messaging capabilities, and establish data push connections to the inactive applications according to the data share permissions and messaging capabilities.