Download management with congestion mitigation for over the air content delivery to vehicles

A method of managing a download of a file to a plurality of vehicles over a wide area wireless network, the plurality of vehicles being distinct from end user mobile devices of vehicle occupants, the method comprising:

• in a content delivery network, associating each of a plurality of vehicles with one or more topics;
• wherein the one or more topics are based on any of:
• a respective vehicle's make,
• a respective vehicle's model,
• a respective vehicle's head unit version, and
• a wireless tower in a wide area wireless network to which a respective vehicle is connected;
• the content delivery network controlling downloads of a file to the plurality of vehicles over the wide area wireless network, at least by publishing one or more messages on a given topic of the one or more topics, so as to instruct vehicles associated with the given topic to take an action, the action comprising any of:
• pause, delay, cancel, or throttle download of the file;
• said controlling of downloads of the file being based at least in part on any of:
• congestion status of the wireless tower,
• anticipated congestion status of the wireless tower,
• a priority of a campaign for downloading the file to the plurality of vehicles.

A system comprising one or more computers and circuitry forming one or more processors and memory holding program instructions for execution on the one or more processors to cause the one or more computers to manage a download of a file to a plurality of vehicles over a wide area wireless network, the plurality of vehicles being distinct from end user mobile devices of vehicle occupants, the instructions including instructions that when executed cause the one or more computers to:

• associate each of a plurality of vehicles with one or more topics;
• wherein the one or more topics are based on any of:
• a respective vehicle's make,
• a respective vehicle's model,
• a respective vehicle's head unit version, and
• a wireless tower in a wide area wireless network to which a respective vehicle is connected;
• control downloads of a file to the plurality of vehicles over the wide area wireless network, at least by publishing one or more messages on a given topic of the one or more topics, so as to instruct vehicles associated with the given topic to take an action, the action comprising any of:
• pause, delay, cancel, or throttle download of the file;
• said controlling of downloads of the file being based at least in part on any of:
• congestion status of the wireless tower,
• anticipated congestion status of the wireless tower,
• a priority of a campaign for downloading the file to the plurality of vehicles.

A non-transitory computer readable medium holding program instructions for execution on one or more hardware processors to manage a download of a file to a plurality of vehicles over a wide area wireless network, the plurality of vehicles being distinct from end user mobile devices of vehicle occupants, the instructions comprising:

• instructions, in a content delivery network, associating each of a plurality of vehicles with one or more topics;
• wherein the one or more topics are based on any of:
• a respective vehicle's make,
• a respective vehicle's model,
• a respective vehicle's head unit version, and
• a wireless tower in a wide area wireless network to which a respective vehicle is connected;
• instructions to cause the content delivery network to control downloads of a file to the plurality of vehicles over the wide area wireless network, at least by publishing one or more messages on a given topic of the one or more topics, so as to instruct vehicles associated with the given topic to take an action, the action comprising any of:
• pause, delay, cancel, or throttle download of the file;
• said controlling of downloads of the file being based at least in part on any of:
• congestion status of the wireless tower,
• anticipated congestion status of the wireless tower,
• a priority of a campaign for downloading the file to the plurality of vehicles.