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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Hari Srinivasan, Shanghai, CN;
David Leslie Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Whitaker, Canton, MI (US);
Emily Reyna, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hari Srinivasan, Shanghai, CN;
David Leslie Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew Whitaker, Canton, MI (US);
Emily Reyna, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a software architecture encoded on a computer readable medium is disclosed. The software architecture can be utilized for developing in-vehicle software applications for installation and execution on an in-vehicle computer system. The software architecture includes a number of vehicle application program interfaces (APIs) for accessing vehicles systems or data and for developing in-vehicle software applications; and a number of policy restrictions underlying the vehicle APIs for restricting the level of access to vehicle systems and data while the in-vehicle software application is being developed.