Targeted vehicle remote feature updates
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1. A system, comprising:
- a configurable module having a firmware version supporting multiple functions and a configuration specifying which of the functions are utilized for a vehicle feature; and
a controller, subscribed to configuration-specific and vehicle-specific message topics of a hierarchical topic tree, programmed to update the configuration based on server-published commands to the topics, such that commands targeting the published to the vehicle-specific message topic take precedence over commands published to the configuration-specific message topic.
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Abstract
A system may include a configurable module having a firmware version supporting multiple functions and a configuration specifying which of the functions are utilized for a vehicle feature; and a controller configured to update the configuration of the module, based on a command published by a server to a controller-subscribed topic tree message topic, the command targeting the vehicle according to one of unique vehicle identifier and the vehicle feature.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a configurable module having a firmware version supporting multiple functions and a configuration specifying which of the functions are utilized for a vehicle feature; and a controller, subscribed to configuration-specific and vehicle-specific message topics of a hierarchical topic tree, programmed to update the configuration based on server-published commands to the topics, such that commands targeting the published to the vehicle-specific message topic take precedence over commands published to the configuration-specific message topic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a topic tree including a hierarchical arrangement of topics; and a server programmed to; identify vehicle configuration information, in a message published from a vehicle to a message topic of the topic tree associated with a unique vehicle identifier of the vehicle, describing a vehicle feature implemented by a configurable module; publish a first command to a configuration-specific message topic of the topic tree; and publish a second command to a vehicle-specific message topic of the topic tree, the second command taking precedence over the first command. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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publishing, by a vehicle, a message to a topic tree message topic associated with a unique vehicle identifier, the message specifying configuration information describing a vehicle feature implemented by a vehicle configurable module including a firmware version of the configurable module; receiving a first command to a configuration-specific message topic of the topic tree; and receiving a second command to a vehicle-specific message topic of the topic tree, the second command taking precedence over the first command. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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