Systems and methods for using a mobile device to manage an over-the-air vehicle software update

A over-the-air updater system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations, comprising:
• receiving, by an update server, a notification from an over-the-air updater device of a vehicle that a software update has been downloaded;
• receiving, by the update server, a first message indicating a plurality of vehicle state conditions from the over-the-air updater device, wherein the plurality of vehicle state conditions are collected by the over-the-air updater device from one or more components of the vehicle, and wherein the plurality of vehicle state conditions indicate a current state of the vehicle and the plurality of the vehicle state conditions include:
• a wireless signal strength at the vehicle, a battery level of the vehicle and an engine status of the vehicle;
• transmitting, by the update server and in response to receiving the notification and the first message, a second message to a mobile computing device indicating the plurality of vehicle state conditions and the notification that the software update has been downloaded;
• receiving, by the update server, a plurality of mobile-device state conditions from the mobile computing device, the plurality of mobile-device state conditions including at least a wireless-signal-strength value of the mobile computing device and a battery-level value of the mobile computing device;
• verifying, at the update server, that each of the plurality of vehicle state conditions indicating the current state of the vehicle meets one or more vehicle threshold conditions, including checking at the update server located remotely from the vehicle that the current state of the vehicle is in a condition to receive the software update by verifying that the wireless signal strength at the vehicle is adequate, verifying that the battery level of the vehicle is adequate, and verifying that the engine status indicates that an engine of the vehicle is running;
• verifying, by the update server, that the mobile computing device is the only device transmitting instructions for the over-the-air updater device, wherein the update server stores a record of devices interacting with the over-the-air-updater device to perform the software update on the vehicle, and wherein verifying that the mobile computing device is the only device transmitting instructions for the over-the-air updater device includes verifying that no other device, other than the mobile computing device, is included in the record and verifying that no other device, other than the mobile computing device is transmitting the instruction to initiate the software update on the vehicle;
• presenting a list of states, including the plurality of vehicle state conditions and the plurality of mobile-device state conditions, on the mobile computing device;
• and
• upon verifying that:
• (i) each of the plurality of vehicle state conditions meets one or more vehicle threshold conditions,
• (ii) each of the mobile-device state conditions meets one or more mobile threshold conditions, and
• (iii) the mobile computing device is the only device transmitting instructions for the over-the air updater device to perform the software update on the vehicle,
• presenting checkmarks adjacent to each of the list of states on the mobile computing device, the checkmarks indicating successful verification of each of the list of states;
• and
• upon receiving, by the update server, an instruction from the mobile computing device to initiate the software update, transmitting, by the update server, the instruction to the over-the-air updater device to initiate the software update.