Content delivery to vehicle via charging station
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDaniel Joseph MADRID, William Lawrence FRANTZ, Chad Christopher BOES, David SEXTON
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Abstract
A vehicle charging system includes a charge station comprising a controller that is in communication with a server. The controller is programmed to, responsive to receiving a reservation request including content request data, request the server to send content to the controller prior to a reservation start time, receive and store the content, and, responsive to a vehicle associated with the reservation request receiving power from the charge station, transfer the content to the vehicle.
Claims20
A charge station comprising:
- a controller in communication with a server and programmed to, responsive to receiving a reservation request including content request data, request the server to send content to the controller prior to a reservation start time, receive and store the content, and, responsive to a vehicle associated with the reservation request receiving power from the charge station, transfer the content to the vehicle.
A vehicle charging system comprising:
- a server programmed to, responsive to receiving a reservation request for a charge station including a content request associated with a vehicle, send content corresponding to the content request prior to a reservation start time to a controller associated with the charge station and programmed to store the content and, responsive to the vehicle receiving power from the charge station, transfer the content to the vehicle.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a reservation request for a charge station including a reservation time and vehicle identification data for a vehicle, selecting a software update corresponding to the vehicle identification data, and sending the software update to a charge station for storage prior to the reservation time;
- and
- downloading, by the charge station, the software update to the vehicle responsive to the vehicle receiving power from the charge station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.