Method and device for wirelessly updating software for vehicle

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a program which, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to wirelessly update software installed in a vehicle, the program comprising sets of instructions for

• obtaining a software module list for each of at least one controller, the software module list indicating one or more software modules which are currently installed in each of the at least one controller;
• transmitting, to an update server, a diagnose submit message including the software module list for each of the at least one controller, for checking whether updates of the software modules are needed,
• wherein the diagnose submit message includes hardware version information for each of the at least one controller and locale information of the vehicle, and
• wherein the hardware version information and the locale information are used for determining whether there exists, for each of the at least one controller at least one update module which corresponds to the hardware version information and the locale information;
• and
• receiving, from the update server, an update check response message which includes download location information of the at least one update module and an actions element,
• wherein the download location information includes two or more uniform resource location (URL) addresses at least one of which is a backup URL address, and
• wherein the actions element indicates information about actions to be performed to install the at least one update module once the at least one update module have been successfully downloaded.

An in-vehicle gateway for wirelessly updating software, the in-vehicle gateway comprising:

• a wired communication module configured to communicate with at least one controller;
• a wireless communication module configured to communicate with an update server;
• and
• a processor configured to perform control to
• obtain a software module list for each of the at least one controller, the software module list indicating one or more software modules which are currently installed in each of the at least one controller,
• transmit, to an update server, a diagnose submit message including a software module list for each of the at least one controller, for checking whether updates of the software modules are needed,
• wherein the diagnose submit message includes hardware version information for each of the at least one controller, and locale information of a vehicle, and
• wherein the hardware version information and the locale information are used for determining whether there exists, for each of the at least one controller, at least one update module which corresponds to the hardware version information and the locale information, and
• receive, from the update server, an update check response message which includes download location information of the at least one update module and an actions element,
• wherein the download location information includes two or more uniform resource location (URL) addresses at least one of which is a backup URL address, and the actions element indicates information about actions to be performed to install the at least one update module once the at least one update module have been successfully downloaded.

A vehicle for wirelessly updating software, the vehicle comprising:

• at least one controller, and
• a gateway configured to
• obtain a software module list for each of the at least one controller, the software module list indicating one or more software modules which are currently installed in each of the at least one controller,
• transmit, to an update server, a diagnose submit message including the software module list for each of the at least one controller, for checking whether updates of the software modules are needed,
• wherein the diagnose submit message includes hardware version information for each of the at least one controller and locale information of the vehicle, and
• wherein the hardware version information and the locale information are used for determining whether there exists, for each of the at least one controller, at least one update module which corresponds to the hardware version information and the locale information, and
• receive, from the update server, an update check response message which include download location information of the at least one update module and an actions element,
• wherein the download location information includes two or more uniform resource location (URL) addresses at least one of which is a backup URL address, and the actions element indicates information about actions to be performed to install the at least one update module once the at least one update module have been successfully downloaded.