Method for providing telematic services for vehicles

• US 20060253227A1
• Filed: 06/23/2004
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Schluesener, Tim, Ringel, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/562,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253227A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method providing telematics services for vehicles, by which various aspects of services can be modified. The telematics services are in the form of configurable modules in the vehicle. Different modules can be activated and deactivated individually on the one hand by the customer or else via the service control center, in which case different access hierarchies can be provided. Inputting or editing of parameters for adaptation of the telematics services is carried out in conjunction with the service control center only by reconfiguration or configuration of service modules, and not by means of a software download. The method allows updating telematics services and are modifying to fit the customer throughout the entire life of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for providing improved telematics services for vehicles, wherein data is interchanged without the use of wires between a stationary service control center and a plurality of telematics control elements in the vehicle, comprising the step:

at least one of configuring said control elements and individually modifying each of said control elements using at least one of said data interchanging and vehicle user input which can be executed autonomously for different telematics service functions.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a module can be modified not only by the user in the vehicle but also by the stationary service control center.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the modules are classified on the basis of relevance criteria, with the classification being linked to a restriction to the capability to modify the modules.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the relevance criteria relate to driving safety, and safety-relevant modules can be modified only by the stationary service control center.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the modification of the modules also includes at least one of activation and deactivation.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the modification of a module also includes the inputting, editing or deletion of function parameters.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein that function parameters of individual modules can be modified only by the stationary service control center.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

that modules which interact in terms of at least one of content technical data exchange are combined to form functional groups.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

dynamic control elements which are associated with the telematics control elements are configured as a function of the modification of the modules.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dynamic control elements are in the form of soft keys.

11. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the modules are classified on the basis of relevance criteria, with the classification being linked to a restriction to the capability to modify the modules.

12. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the modification of the modules also includes at least one of activation and deactivation.

13. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the modification of the modules also includes at least one of activation and deactivation.

14. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the modification of a module also includes the inputting, editing or deletion of function parameters.

15. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the modification of a module also includes the inputting, editing or deletion of function parameters.

16. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein modules which interact in terms of at least one of content technical data_exchange are combined to form functional groups.

17. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein modules which interact in terms of at least one of content technical data exchange are combined to form functional groups.

18. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein dynamic control elements which are associated with the telematics control elements are configured as a function of the modification of the modules.

19. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein dynamic control elements which are associated with the telematics control elements are configured as a function of the modification of the modules.