Remote Embedded Device Update Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems

• US 20160294614A1
• Filed: 01/06/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harman Connected Services, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Symphony Teleca Corporation (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Searle, Mark Douglas, Griffin, Owen James, Kempf, Robert Franz Klaus
• Application Number:
  US14/989,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294614A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/654 using techniques specially adapted for alterable solid state memories, e.g. for EEPROM or flash memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/052 using standardised network management architectures, e.g. telecommunication management network [TMN] or unified network management architecture [UNMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

The Remote Embedded Device Update Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“REDUP”) transforms telemetry inputs via REDUP components into remote embedded updates outputs. The REDUP may include a memory and processor with instructions to: obtain a remote embedded device connection request message from a remote embedded device and analyze the message to determine a version of embedded instructions on the remote embedded device. With that, the REDUP may determine if other remote embedded devices similar to the remote embedded device have provided request messages by searching a remote embedded device connection request message database. This allows the REDUP to determine if a potential issue requiring updates on the remote embedded device exists. With that, the REDUP may determine and provide an update for the remote embedded device.

Claims

1. A remote connected device segments administering apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

a component collection in the memory, including;

a product segment configuring component;

a processor disposed in communication with the memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions from the component collection stored in the memory,

wherein the processor issues instructions from the product segment configuring component, stored in the memory, to;

obtain, via processor, a device identifier of a remote connected device;

retrieve, via processor, device settings data for the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, device segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved device settings data with settings data of predefined device segments;

retrieve, via processor, information regarding device components of the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, parameter segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved information regarding the device components with settings data of predefined parameter segments; and

associate, via processor, the determined device segments and the determined parameter segments with the remote connected device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the remote connected device is a vehicle.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the device components are electronic control units of the vehicle.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the device components are apps installed on an infotainment unit of the vehicle.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predefined device segments and the predefined parameter segments are associated with a device manufacturer of the remote connected device and are not applicable to remote connected devices of other device manufacturers.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predefined device segments and the predefined parameter segments are associated with a plurality of device manufacturers and are applicable to remote connected devices of the plurality of device manufacturers.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device settings data identify the remote connected device as belonging to a device segment associated with a set of devices.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the set of devices is one of:

a set of devices used by a manufacturer for testing purposes, a set of devices manufactured in a particular way, a set of devices that are associated with a geographic location.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the device components includes attributes associated with the device components.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein matching the retrieved information regarding the device components with the settings data of the predefined parameter segments further includes matching attributes associated with the device components with attributes specified in the settings data of the predefined parameter segments.

11. A processor-readable remote connected device segments administering non-transient physical medium storing processor-executable components, the components, comprising:

a component collection stored in the medium, including;

a product segment configuring component;

a processor disposed in communication with the memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions from the component collection stored in the memory,

wherein the product segment configuring component, stored in the medium, includes processor-issuable instructions to;

obtain, via processor, a device identifier of a remote connected device;

retrieve, via processor, device settings data for the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, device segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved device settings data with settings data of predefined device segments;

retrieve, via processor, information regarding device components of the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, parameter segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved information regarding the device components with settings data of predefined parameter segments; and

associate, via processor, the determined device segments and the determined parameter segments with the remote connected device.

12. A processor-implemented remote connected device segments administering system, comprising:

a product segment configuring component means, to;

obtain, via processor, a device identifier of a remote connected device;

retrieve, via processor, device settings data for the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, device segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved device settings data with settings data of predefined device segments;

retrieve, via processor, information regarding device components of the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, parameter segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved information regarding the device components with settings data of predefined parameter segments; and

associate, via processor, the determined device segments and the determined parameter segments with the remote connected device.

13. A processor-implemented remote connected device segments administering method, comprising:

executing processor-implemented product segment configuring component instructions to;

obtain, via processor, a device identifier of a remote connected device;

retrieve, via processor, device settings data for the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, device segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved device settings data with settings data of predefined device segments;

retrieve, via processor, information regarding device components of the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, parameter segments associated with the remote connected device by matching the retrieved information regarding the device components with settings data of predefined parameter segments; and

associate, via processor, the determined device segments and the determined parameter segments with the remote connected device.