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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:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Paul Rork, Plymouth, MI (US);
Brian Petersen, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ritesh Pandya, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Praveen Yalavarty, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44536 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system may include a configurable module having a firmware version supporting multiple functions and a configuration specifying which of the functions are utilized for a vehicle feature; and a controller configured to update the configuration of the module, based on a command published by a server to a controller-subscribed topic tree message topic, the command targeting the vehicle according to one of unique vehicle identifier and the vehicle feature.