Enhanced usability and functionality of vehicle onboard hardware and software
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Brian Yeung, Ayush Chandrakanth Shah, Sandeep Sasidharan, Perry Robinson MacNeille
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Abstract
A vehicle may receive a request for use of a vehicle resource from a remote source. The vehicle may determine if the vehicle is capable of fulfilling the request based a state of the resource. The may also determine and send a cost for using the resource, to the remote source, in response to determining the vehicle is capable of fulfilling the request and provide use of the resource in accordance with a use-term defined in conjunction with the cost, in response to receiving agreement from the remote source to pay the cost.
Claims20
A mobile device comprising:
- a memory storing an application;
- and
- a processor configured to
- request use of a vehicle resource of a vehicle in conjunction with execution of the application on the mobile device;
- receive notification of a cost of using the vehicle resource;
- send an agreement to pay the cost to the vehicle;
- and
- receive data from the vehicle resource, responsive to the agreement as sent.
A vehicle comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- and
- a processor configured to
- receive a request for use of a vehicle resource from a remote source, via the wireless transceiver;
- determine if the vehicle is capable of fulfilling the request based a state of the resource;
- send a cost for using the resource, to the remote source, in response to determining the vehicle is capable of fulfilling the request;
- and
- provide use of the resource in accordance with a use-term defined in conjunction with the cost, in response to receiving agreement from the remote source to pay the cost.
A vehicle comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- and
- a processor configured to
- determine one or more vehicle resources, via the wireless transceiver, available for use by a remote source;
- broadcast availability of the determined one or more resources;
- receive a request from a remote source to use at least one of the vehicle resources;
- and, responsive to determining that the at least one resource is not being presently used by the vehicle and is available for use by the remote source, providing use of the at least one resource in exchange for a payment agreement from the remote source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.