Connected car resource manager with associated applications control

• US 9,940,142 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Maria, Arturo
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc-Coleman, Marthe Y
• Application Number:
  US15/161,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20170337068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 701 36, 701 314, 717173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Managing vehicle resources by a network device in lieu of a designated vehicle control device is disclosed. A connected car resource manager of a carrier core network can receive vehicle information intended for the designated vehicle control device. The connected car resource manager can determine a response command that can be substituted for a command from the designated vehicle control device update a parameter of the vehicle. The response command can be based on the vehicle information, supplementary information, etc. Moreover, the response command can be adapted based on a second tier of supplementary information by another carrier core network device. In some embodiments, the connected car resource manager can share management of response commands with the designated vehicle control device vehicle. The connected car resource manager can employ information about other vehicles connected to a network that is not available to the designated vehicle control device.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining a first state of a first network-connected vehicle based on information from a first vehicle diagnostic device associated with a system of the first network-connected vehicle;

determining, based on the first state, an update to a setting of the system; and

enabling access to the update to the setting from an update source located in a communications path between the first network-connected vehicle and an update device associated with a manufacturer of the first network-connected vehicle.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is located in the first network-connected vehicle.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is not located in the first network-connected vehicle.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the determining the update is further based on information received from a source other than the first network-connected vehicle.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the information is weather information related to a weather condition proximate to a location of the first network-connected vehicle.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the information is related to a second network-connected vehicle.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the second network-connected vehicle is determined to be within a defined proximity to the first network-connected vehicle.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the second network-connected vehicle is determined to be outside a defined proximity to the first network-connected vehicle.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the enabling the access is in response to satisfying an access condition.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the access condition is related to a subscription status.

11. The device of claim 9, where the access condition is related to a permission input associated with an identity of an entity designated by the manufacturer of the first network-connected vehicle.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the enabling the access comprises enabling the access to the update of the setting by the first network-connected vehicle.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the enabling the access comprises enabling the access to the update of the setting by an entity device located at a wireless network provider core-network device that is associated with an entity designated by the manufacturer of the first network-connected vehicle.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a network device comprising a processor, vehicle information related to a state of a vehicle connected to a network of which the network device is a part, wherein the network device is comprised in a network of a wireless network provider;

determining, by the network device, an update to a setting of the vehicle based on the vehicle information; and

enabling, by the network device, access by the vehicle to the update stored at a storage device comprised in the network of the wireless network provider.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving comprises intercepting the vehicle information prior to the vehicle information being received by a control device located apart from the vehicle and associated with a manufacturer of the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

in response to enabling access to the update by a regional network controller, receiving, by the network device, an adaptation of the update to the setting of the vehicle; and

substituting, by the network device, the adaptation of the update for the update prior to the enabling the access by the vehicle to the update.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the adaptation of the update is based on aggregated vehicle settings for vehicles connected to the network.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving, by a network device of a network associated with a wireless network provider, vehicle information related to a first state of a first vehicle connected to network devices of the network;

determining an update to a setting of the vehicle based on the vehicle information; and

enabling access by the vehicle to the update via a storage device of the network of the wireless network provider.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to sharing the update to a regional network controller, receiving, from the regional network controller, an adaptation of the update to the setting of the vehicle; and

substituting the adaptation of the update for the update prior to the enabling the access by the vehicle to the update.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the adaptation of the update is based on a second state of a second vehicle connected to the network devices.