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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Susanta P. Sarkar, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jonathan R. Schwarz, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/67 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for adjusting a variable rate of requesting software data for a computer system onboard a vehicle is provided. The method determines a number of ignition cycles executed after first software data has been retrieved; and when the number of ignition cycles is greater than a threshold value, reduces a frequency for generating a software request, to obtain a reduced frequency.