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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Vladimeros Vladimerou, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Allen, TX (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, example systems and methods relate to a providing a regional server directory that identifies local servers and vehicles that can provide services to a requesting vehicle. A geographic area such as a country is divided into a plurality of regions. Each region is associated with a plurality of local servers that provide one or more driving related services with respect to the roads and highways that pass through their associated region. The services may include traffic light statuses, traffic speed and flow information, weather information, accident information, etc. The regional servers may further identify one or more other vehicles in their associated region that can similarly provide services. On a periodic basis, each of these regional servers communicates their associated regions and provided services to a directory server. The directory server may be one or more servers whose address is known to vehicles.