Vehicle computer system with open platform architecture
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsRichard D. Beckert, Mark M. Moeller, William S. Wong
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Abstract
A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both vehicle-related applications (e.g., vehicle security application, vehicle diagnostics application, communications application, etc.) and non-vehicle-related applications (e.g., entertainment application, word processing, etc.). The applications may be supplied by the vehicle manufacturer and/or by the vehicle user.
Claims20
A vehicle computer system comprising:
- a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard;
- a computer mounted within the housing;
- an open platform operating system executing on the computer;
- and
- multiple vehicle-related applications executing on the operating system to control operation of components in the vehicle.
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising:
- a network;
- at least one client computing device connected to the network;
- and
- a vehicle computer connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer having a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard, a computer mounted within the housing, an open platform operating system executing on the computer, and multiple vehicle-related applications executing on the operating system to control operation of components in the automobile.
A vehicle computer system comprising:
- a support module having a bus;
- a computer module connected to the bus, the computer module having a processor;
- a faceplate module connected to the bus;
- multiple applications stored on the computer module and executed by the processor.
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising:
- a network;
- at least one client computing device connected to the network;
- and
- a vehicle computer connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer having a support module having a bus;
- a computer module connected to the bus, the computer module having a processor;
- a faceplate module connected to the bus;
- and multiple applications stored on the computer module and executed by the processor.
A vehicle computer system comprising:
- a computer;
- an open platform operating system executing on the computer;
- and
- multiple applications executing on the operating system, the multiple applications including at least one vehicle-related application and at least one non-vehicle related application.
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising:
- a network;
- at least one client computing device connected to the network;
- and
- a vehicle computer connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer having a computer, an open platform operating system executing on the computer, and multiple applications executing on the operating system, the multiple applications including at least one vehicle-related application and at least one non-vehicle related application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.