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Crowd enhanced connectivity map for data transfer intermittency mitigation

  • US 9,549,291 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2014
  • Issued: 01/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle system comprising:

  • a communication interface configured to communicate over a communication network;

    a memory device configured to store a connectivity map associated with a geographic area, the connectivity map defining a communication quality at a plurality of locations in the geographic area; and

    a processing device programmed to initiate a remote data transfer over the communication network in accordance with the connectivity map, determine from the connectivity map whether a vehicle is heading toward a location with poor communication quality and determine whether there is time to complete the remote data transfer before reaching the location with poor communication quality, andif the remote data transfer has already begun and the remote data transfer cannot be completed before reaching the location with poor communication quality, the processing device is programmed to pause a pending remote data transfer prior to the vehicle arriving at the location with poor communication quality, andif the data transfer has not yet begun and the remote data transfer cannot be completed before reaching the location with poor communication quality, the processing device is programmed to wait to initiate the remote data transfer until after the vehicle is through the location with poor communication quality.

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