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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008

Filed:

May. 13, 2004
Applicant:

Stephen C. Habermas, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Inventor:

Stephen C. Habermas, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for remote reflashing of software for electronic control units (ECUs). A method includes identifying vehicle groups for software updating, determining vehicles within the vehicle groups, each of the vehicles having a telematics device and a plurality of ECUs, preparing a software update package for each of the vehicles, transmitting the software update package over a wireless carrier system to the telematics device of each of the vehicles, and installing the software update package in at least one target ECU for each of the vehicles


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