System and method for managing a vehicle component using temporary on-board data storage
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorKristina Bjelkstål
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Abstract
A system for managing a vehicle component includes a controller executing a task, at least one of a receiver and a transmitter for transmitting data to/from an off-board communication unit, and a memory. The memory temporarily stores at least a portion of the data received from or transmitted to the communication unit and subsequently deletes at least some of the data the controller has completed executing the task and/or communication with the external communication unit is complete. A method for managing a component of a vehicle using temporary storage in on-board memory is also disclosed.
Claims16
Apparatus for managing at least one component of a vehicle comprising:
- a controller executing a task comprising at least one of collecting information, downloading software, carrying out a measurement, performing a test, programming and performing diagnostics on the at least one component;
- at least one of:
- a) a receiver receiving from an external communication unit remote to the vehicle incoming data associated with execution of the task, and b) a transmitter transmitting to the external communication unit outgoing data associated with execution of the task;
- and
- a memory temporarily storing at least a portion of the incoming data and the outgoing data, and subsequently deleting at least some of the incoming data and the outgoing data when no longer needed because the controller has completed executing the task and/or communication with the external communication unit is complete.
A apparatus for managing at least one component of a vehicle comprising:
- a controller executing a task comprising at least one of collecting information, downloading software, carrying out a measurement, performing a test, programming and performing diagnostics on the at least one component;
- at least one external communication unit remote to the vehicle;
- at least one of:
- a) a receiver receiving from the external communication unit remote to the vehicle incoming data associated with execution of the task, and b) a transmitter transmitting to the external communication unit outgoing data associated with execution of the task;
- and
- a memory temporarily storing at least a portion of the incoming data and the outgoing data, and subsequently deleting at least some of the incoming data and the outgoing data when no longer needed because the controller has completed executing the task and/or communication with the external communication unit is complete.
A method for managing at least one component of at least one vehicle comprising:
- executing a task comprising at least one of collecting information, downloading software, carrying out a measurement, performing a test, programming and performing diagnostics on the at least one component;
- performing a data transfer comprising at least one of:
- a) transmitting to an external communication unit outgoing data related to execution of the task;
- and b) receiving from the external communication unit incoming data related to execution of the task;
- storing the incoming data and/or the outgoing data in a memory as necessary to complete the task execution step and the data transfer step;
- and
- deleting from the memory at least some of the incoming data and the outgoing data when the execution step and/or the data transfer steps are completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.