# US 2020/0401395 A1 · System for transmitting at least one upgrade package for at least one control device of a motor vehicle and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401395 A1 - Document ID: US20200401395A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/971,471 - Filed: 2019-02-11 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-21 - Assignees: Daimler AG - Applicants: Daimler AG - Inventors: Sven BIERMANN; Volker FEIL; Markus FOLK; Denis GOLDIS; Jörg HARR; Daniel HOFFMANN; Marcus HOHLOCH; Peter HÖHMANN; Tobias NEUMEIER; Lifang PILARSKI; Stefan SPERLICH; Sebastian WIDMAIER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401395A1 ## CPC - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - B60W 50/06: Improving the dynamic response of the control system, e.g. improving the speed of regulation or avoiding hunting or overshoot - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system for transmitting at least one upgrade package for at least one control device of a motor vehicle is provided. The system includes a storage device external to the motor vehicle that stores the upgrade package, as well as a communication device that wirelessly transmits the upgrade package from the storage device external to the motor vehicle to at least one transmission device of the system. The transmission device conducts a transmission process of the upgrade package for the at least one control device and installs the upgrade package on the at least one control device. The at least one transmission device is arranged internally in the motor vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 A system for transmitting at least one upgrade package for at least one control device of a motor vehicle, the system comprising: a storage device external to the motor vehicle, wherein the storage device stores the at least one upgrade package; and a communication device that wirelessly transmits the at least one upgrade package from the storage device external to the motor vehicle to at least one transmission device of the system, wherein the communication device conducts a transmission process of the at least one upgrade package for the at least one control device and installs the at least one upgrade package on the at least one control device, wherein the at least one transmission device is arranged internally in the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one transmission device comprises a plurality of transmission devices, wherein a transmission process of the at least one upgrade package for the plurality of transmission devices and the installation on the at least one control device is performed using a conducting device internal to the motor vehicle, and wherein one of the plurality of transmission devices is selected as the conducting device, which conducts the transmission process for the plurality of transmission devices and the installation on the at least one control device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one transmission device conducts the transmission process depending on a decision criterion and the installation on the at least one control device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of transmission devices conducts the transmission process depending on a functional decision criterion and the installation on the at least one control device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of transmission devices conducts the transmission process and the installation on the at least one control device depending on a decision criterion, which relates to a physical component of the at least one control device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of transmission devices conducts the transmission process and the installation on the at least one control device depending on a decision criterion, which relates to a changeable component of the at least one control device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one control device comprises a plurality of control devices, and at least one of the plurality of the transmission devices conducts the transmission process of the upgrade package for the plurality of control devices and is formed to install the upgrade package on the plurality of control devices. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein at least one of the plurality of transmission devices is functionally reduced, such that the at least one of the plurality of transmission devices carries out the transmission process and forwarding of the upgrade package to the plurality of control devices. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one control device comprises a plurality of control devices, and at least one of the plurality of the transmission devices conducts the transmission process of a plurality of upgrade packages for the plurality of control devices and installs the plurality of the upgrade packages on the plurality of control devices. ### Claim 24 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein a selection of one of the plurality of transmission devices to conduct the transmission process and the installation on the at least one control device is dependent on the upgrade package to be transmitted. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein a piece of upgrade package information is transmitted from the storage device external to the motor vehicle to at least one of the plurality of the transmission devices before the transmission process of the upgrade package. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein a piece of upgrade package information is be transmitted from the storage device external to the motor vehicle to at least one of the plurality of transmission devices before the transmission process of the upgrade package, wherein the upgrade package information contains a piece of information about a further storage location of the upgrade package, the further storage location being separate from the storage device external to the motor vehicle, and the at least one of the plurality of transmission devices downloads the upgrade package from the further storage location. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one control device is a control device of one of the plurality of transmission devices or as a control device for a functional unit of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 28 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein a status information signal is transmitted to the storage device external to the motor vehicle by one of the plurality of transmission devices, wherein the status information signal comprises a status relating to the transmission process. ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein a status information signal is transmitted to the storage device external to the motor vehicle by one of the plurality of transmission devices, wherein the status information signal comprises a status relating to the installation on the control device. ### Claim 30 A method for transmitting at least one upgrade package for at least one control device of a motor vehicle, the method comprising: storing, in a storage device external to the motor vehicle, the at least one upgrade package; wirelessly transmitting, by a communication device, the at least one upgrade package from the storage device external to the motor vehicle to at least one transmission device of the system, wherein the communication device conducts a transmission process of the at least one upgrade package for the at least one control device and installs the at least one upgrade package on the at least one control device, wherein the at least one transmission device is arranged internally in the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one transmission device comprises a plurality of transmission devices, wherein a transmission process of the at least one upgrade package for the plurality of transmission devices and the installation on the at least one control device is performed using a conducting device internal to the motor vehicle, and wherein one of the plurality of transmission devices is selected as the conducting device, which conducts the transmission process for the plurality of transmission devices and the installation on the at least one control device.