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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Karl Nathan Clark, Belleville, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Julius Thomas Crouch, II, Canton, MI (US);
Vijayababu Jayaraman, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller, programmed to, send a vehicle status report reflecting current status of the vehicle to a server; responsive to receiving a connection message from the server indicative of a predicted data transaction, wirelessly connect to a fleet vehicle using the connection message; and transmit a data block defined in the connection message to the fleet vehicle.