Device component status detection and illustration apparatuses, methods, and systems

• US 9,891,907 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman Connected Services, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman Connected Services, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Searle, Mark Douglas, Griffin, Owen James, Kempf, Robert Franz Klaus
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Qing
• Application Number:
  US14/989,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20160291959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 717168-173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Device component status detection and illustration apparatuses, methods, and systems determine and generate visualizations of updates timelines indicating device components associated with a remote connected device at different times. A device component status detection and illustration apparatus may include a memory and processor with instructions to: obtain device selection parameters, determine one or more remote connected devices that satisfy the device selection parameters, and identify a remote connected device selected from one or more remote connected devices by a user. The instructions may further be executed to generate visualizations of updates timelines associated with the remote connected device, including information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of selected update times. This allows the apparatus to present information regarding the status of a particular device at different points in time.

Claims

1. A device component status detection and illustration apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a component collection stored in the memory, including;

a device status tool component, and

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 device status tool component, stored in the memory, to;

obtain, via the processor, device selection parameters;

determine, via the processor, one or more remote connected devices that satisfy the device selection parameters;

identify, via the processor, a remote connected device selected from the one or more remote connected devices by a user using a user interface;

generate, via the processor, a first visualization that illustrates an updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, a first update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the first update time, wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows different points in time that are selectable to view information regarding a vehicle status at a selected point in time, and wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows a future status as of a future anticipated update of a vehicle and a past status as of a past update of the vehicle;

obtain, via the processor, a selection of a second update time from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device from the user; and

generate, via the processor, a second visualization that illustrates the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, the second update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the second update time.

2. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device selection parameters are obtained from the user via the user interface.

3. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device selection parameters are obtained from a configuration file.

4. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device selection parameters include a vehicle VIN number or a vehicle model.

5. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device selection parameters include a specified reported error associated with a remote connected device or a last update timestamp associated with a remote connected device.

6. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein information regarding the device components includes identifiers of device components associated with the remote connected device and version labels of the device components associated with the remote connected device.

7. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein information regarding the device components is illustrated in a tree format.

8. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein a slider widget is utilized to illustrate the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, wherein the slider widget is actuatable to select different points in time on the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device to view information of a vehicle as of a selected point in time.

9. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first update time is an update time associated with a latest update to the remote connected device.

10. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second update time is an update time associated with a past update to the remote connected device.

11. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second update time is an update time associated with a future anticipated update to the remote connected device.

12. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 11,

wherein the processor issues instructions from the device status tool component, stored in the memory, to:

determine, via the processor, software update modules of an update package associated with the future anticipated update that should be downloaded by the remote connected device; and

generate, via the processor, a visualization that illustrates which software update modules should be downloaded.

13. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 11,

wherein the processor issues instructions from the device status tool component, stored in the memory, to:

determine, via the processor, software update modules of an update package associated with the future anticipated update that should not be downloaded by the remote connected device; and

generate, via the processor, a visualization that illustrates which software update modules should not be downloaded.

14. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second visualization illustrates which device components changed between the first update time and the second update time.

15. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second visualization illustrates which device components changed between the second update time and an update time preceding the second update time.

16. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the processor issues instructions from the device status tool component, stored in the memory, to:

analyze, via the processor, differences between data associated with the first visualization and data associated with the second visualization for reductions or improvements to performance of the remote connected device.

17. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 16,

wherein the processor issues instructions from the device status tool component, stored in the memory, to:

generate, via the processor, a third visualization that illustrates results of the analysis.

18. The device component status detection and illustration apparatus of claim 16, wherein the remote connected device is associated with a segment, and wherein results of the analysis are utilized to generate a refined update package for other remote connected devices that are associated with the segment.

19. A processor-readable device component status detection and illustration non-transient physical medium storing processor-executable components, the processor-executable components comprising:

a component collection stored in the processor-readable device component status detection and illustration non-transient physical medium, including;

a device status tool component, and

wherein the device status tool component, stored in the processor-readable device component status detection and illustration non-transient physical medium, includes processor-issuable instructions to;

obtain, via a processor, device selection parameters;

determine, via the processor, one or more remote connected devices that satisfy the device selection parameters;

identify, via the processor, a remote connected device selected from the one or more remote connected devices by a user using a user interface;

generate, via the processor, a first visualization that illustrates an updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, a first update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the first update time, wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows different points in time that are selectable to view information regarding a vehicle status at a selected point in time, and wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows a future status as of a future anticipated update of a vehicle and a past status as of a past update of the vehicle;

obtain, via the processor, a selection of a second update time from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device from the user; and

generate, via the processor, a second visualization that illustrates the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, the second update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the second update time.

20. A processor-implemented device component status detection and illustration system, comprising:

a device status tool component including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable to;

obtain, via the processor, device selection parameters;

determine, via the processor, one or more remote connected devices that satisfy the device selection parameters;

identify, via the processor, a remote connected device selected from the one or more remote connected devices by a user using a user interface;

generate, via the processor, a first visualization that illustrates an updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, a first update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the first update time, wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows different points in time that are selectable to view information regarding a vehicle status at a selected point in time, and wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows a future status as of a future anticipated update of a vehicle and a past status as of a past update of the vehicle;

obtain, via the processor, a selection of a second update time from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device from the user; and

generate, via the processor, a second visualization that illustrates the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, the second update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the second update time.

21. A processor-implemented device component status detection and illustration method, comprising:

executing processor-implemented device status tool component instructions to;

obtain, via a processor, device selection parameters;

determine, via the processor, one or more remote connected devices that satisfy the device selection parameters;

identify, via the processor, a remote connected device selected from the one or more remote connected devices by a user using a user interface;

generate, via the processor, a first visualization that illustrates an updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, a first update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the first update time, wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows different points in time that are selectable to view information regarding a vehicle status at a selected point in time, and wherein the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device shows a future status as of a future anticipated update of a vehicle and a past status as of a past update of the vehicle;

obtain, via the processor, a selection of a second update time from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device from the user; and

generate, via the processor, a second visualization that illustrates the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, the second update time selected from the updates timeline associated with the identified remote connected device, and information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of the second update time.