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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Nariman Yousefi, Monarch Beach, CA (US);
Yongbum Kim, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
John Walley, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (Singapore) PTE. LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A network node module within a vehicle operates to manage devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle based on a use mode defining rights and privileges for operating in the vehicular communication network. Upon being configured in accordance with a particular use mode of a set of use modes, the network node module can identify a device coupled to the vehicular communication network and enable the device to operate within the vehicular communication network in accordance with the use mode. The network node module is securely reconfigurable to any use mode in the set of use modes.