System and method for management of software updates at a vehicle computing system

A network comprising:

• a server, in communication with a vehicle computing system (VCS) via a transceiver, configured to:
• recognize a VCS request to communicate based on an identification received via the transceiver;
• generate an application manifest based on the identification of the VCS, the manifest listing application files to be installed to the VCS and installation types specifying, for each file, whether instant replacement, process kill, reboot, system command, or reimage type installation is required to install the corresponding file;
• transmit the application manifest to the VCS;
• receive management criteria having a request for an application file;
• and
• transmit the application file to the VCS based on the management criteria.

A nomadic device comprising:

• one or more transceivers configured to communicate information with a vehicle computing system and a server;
• a processor in communication with the one or more transceivers, the processor configured to:
• receive a file manifest from the server, the file manifest listing application files to be installed to a vehicle computing system (VCS) and installation types specifying, for each file, whether instant replacement, process kill, reboot, system command, or reimage type installation is required to install the corresponding file;
• transmit the file manifest to the vehicle computing system (VCS);
• receive a list of one or more to-be-updated application files based on the file manifest from the VCS and transmit the list to the server;
• receive one or more application files from the server;
• and
• transmit one or more application files having at least one of a destination file location, an installation type, and a file identification.