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System and method for controlling and communicating with a vehicle

  • US 7,418,317 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2006
  • Issued: 08/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A software system architecture for communications between a vehicle and at least one external device, the software system architecture comprising:

  • a real-time control database;

    a controller adapted to communicate data with the vehicle and the external device via a physical medium in a format defined by a vehicle interface and an external device interface, respectively, the controller adapted to store the data in the real-time control database; and

    a control database to store the vehicle interface and the external device interface, the controller being configured based on the interfaces stored in the control database whereby the controller is abstracted from the physical medium.

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