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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04L 12/2854 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a processor, programmed to utilize a modem to receive an update request as a short message service (SMS) message, identify a network quality metric for a data connection to a base station of a wide-area network, when the quality metric exceeds a predefined threshold value, download the software update from the wide-area network, and otherwise, send an update response as an SMS deliver report indicating rejection of the update request.