Method and system for launching an application

• US 9,363,318 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nelson, Thomas, Hatton, David Anthony, Hass, William Donald, Nasrallah, Hussein F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US14/546,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20150341440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041-4042, 455/569.1, 455/420, 455 411- 412, 455/418, 455/550.1, 455/567, 455/569.2, 455/557, 455/3.03, 455/566, 455/414.1, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/51 at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A vehicle computing system having at least one controller communicating with a transceiver. The at least one controller programed to configure a wireless signal having a first application identifier for a first application to be launched at a nomadic device. The at least one controller further programed to broadcast the wireless signal including the first application identifier via the transceiver.

Claims

1. A vehicle computing system comprising:

a controller communicating with a transceiver and programed to;

in response to a portion of a first application being downloaded at the controller, configure a wireless signal with a first application identifier that uniquely identifies the first application to be launched at a nomadic device;

broadcast the wireless signal including the first application identifier via the transceiver; and

receive data associated with the first application launched at the nomadic device.

2. The vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal is a BLUETOOTH signal.

3. The vehicle computing system of claim 2, wherein the BLUETOOTH signal is generated by a BLUETOOTH beacon device.

4. The vehicle computing system of claim 3, wherein the BLUETOOTH beacon device is an iBeacon.

5. The vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the first application identifier is a universal unique identifier (UUID) comprising a sixty-four character hexadecimal identifier.

6. The vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further programed to configure the wireless signal with a second application identifier that uniquely identifies a second application to be launched at the nomadic device;

and broadcast the wireless signal including the second application identifier via the transceiver.

7. The vehicle computing system of claim 6, wherein the nomadic device may be configured to launch at least one of the first application and second application based on matching the first application identifier or second application identifier.

8. A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer read-able medium that is programed for transmitting a wireless signal to launch an application at a nomadic device, the computer-program product comprising instructions for:

configuring a wireless signal with an application identifier that uniquely identifies an application to be launched at a nomadic device;

broadcasting the wireless signal including the application identifier via a transceiver; and

communicating data associated with the application via the nomadic device.

9. The computer-program product of claim 8, wherein the wireless signal is a BLUETOOTH signal.

10. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein the BLUETOOTH signal is generated by a BLUETOOTH beacon device.

11. The computer-program product of claim 10, wherein the BLUETOOTH beacon device is an iBeacon.

12. The computer-program product of claim 8, wherein the application identifier is a universal unique identifier (UUID).

13. The computer-program product of claim 12, wherein the UUID is a sixty-four character hexadecimal identifier.

14. The computer-program product of claim 8, wherein the application is configured to communicate with at least one controller at a vehicle computing system via an application programming interface.

15. An application launch method comprising:

configuring a wireless signal with a first application identifier that uniquely identifies a first application to be launched at a nomadic device;

broadcasting the wireless signal including the first application identifier via a transceiver;

receiving data associated with the first application from the nomadic device; and

in response to a vehicle status event, configuring the wireless signal with a second application identifier that uniquely identifies a second application to be launched at the nomadic device.

16. The application launch method of claim 15, wherein the wireless signal is a BLUETOOTH signal.

17. The application launch method of claim 16, wherein the BLUETOOTH signal is generated by a BLUETOOTH beacon device.

18. The application launch method of claim 17, wherein the BLUETOOTH device is an iBeacon device.

19. The application launch method of claim 15, further comprising broadcasting the wireless signal including the second application identifier via the transceiver;

and communicating additional data associated with the second application via the nomadic device.

20. The application launch method of claim 19, further comprising, in response to at least one of the first and second application identifier being matched with at least one application at the nomadic device, launching the at least one application at the nomadic device and communicating data from the at least one application to at least one controller at a vehicle computing system via an application programming interface.