The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Maurice Mücke, Wolfsburg, DE;
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3065 (2013.01); G06F 11/0739 (2013.01); G06F 11/0757 (2013.01); H04L 12/40006 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method for monitoring an apparatus connected to a communication channel wherein the method is connected to a communication channel in a vehicle. When an interval of time between two messages that are output by the apparatus is shorter than or the same as a determined period, the method determines is the apparatus is in a correct state. The apparatus can output a monitoring sign-out message to the communication channel. When a message recently output by the apparatus includes the monitoring sign-out message, it is determined that the apparatus is in a correct state.