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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
System and method for subscription-based content distribution to vehicles via wireless communication
Applicants:
Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dmitri A. Dolgov, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dmitri A. Dolgov, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for delivering content to a vehicle occupant through a wireless communications link between a wireless client associated with the vehicle and a wireless access point external to the vehicle. The wireless access point is in communication with a content supplier, and available content from the content supplier, as determined from a user subscription, is delivered to the user using the wireless communications link when the vehicle is stationary.