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US 2016/0105513 A1Published application
Vehicle Gateway Module Having Cellular Data Network Connectivity
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsJason G. Bauman, Gerald L. Grabowski
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Abstract
A vehicle gateway module is configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks. The gateway module has a cellular data link which provides a direct connection between the gateway module and the Internet whereby communication between a vehicle device connected to a vehicle network connected to the gateway module and the Internet is enabled via the gateway module and the cellular data link.
Claims20
A system for a vehicle comprising:
- a gateway module configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks, the gateway module having a cellular data link which provides a direct connection between the gateway module and the Internet whereby communication between a vehicle device connected to a vehicle network connected to the gateway module and the Internet is enabled via the gateway module and the cellular data link.
A method for a vehicle comprising:
- providing a gateway module configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks;
- and
- communicating, via the gateway module and a cellular data link of the gateway module in which the cellular data link provides a direct connection between the gateway module and the Internet, between a vehicle device connected to a vehicle network connected to the gateway module and the Internet.
A method for a vehicle comprising:
- providing a gateway module configured to communicate over vehicle networks connected to the gateway module with vehicle devices connected to the vehicle networks and having a cellular data link which provides a direct connection between the gateway module and the Internet;
- and
- downloading from a remote entity connected to the Internet, via the cellular data link, re-flash software to a recipient vehicle device connected to a vehicle network connected to the gateway module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.