IP Library Granted Patent US 7,016,986
Granted Patent B2
US 7,016,986 · App. 10/196,553 · Granted Mar 21, 2006

Configuration of an information system for a transport vehicle subsystem that transmits component input/output rules for the information system

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Patent No.
US 7,016,986
App. No.
10/196,553
Granted
Mar 21, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a system for configuring an information system in a vehicle is provided, in which a set of input/output rules is stored in a storage medium of the information system. An output, an input, and/or input/output processes of the information system are configured in accordance with the set of input/output rules. The method is further developed such that the integration of retrofitted components occurs automatically and in adaptation to the input/output rules of the information system. For this purpose, when connecting an additional component to the information system, a component-input/output rule is transmitted via an interface with the information system. The component-input/output rule is integrated into the output, the input and the input/output processes.

Claims (29)

1. A method for configuring an information system in a transport vehicle, in which a set of input/output rules is stored in a storage medium of the information system, the set of input/output rules configure an input, an output and/or input/output processes of the information system, the method comprising the acts of:

sending a set of input/output rules of the information system to a component to be connected to the information system;

preparing in response to said input/output rules of the information system, a component-input/output rule for the information system;

transmitting the component-input/output rule to the information system; and

integrating the component-input/output rule into the output, input and input/output processes of the information system.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, prior to integrating the component-input/output rule, the method comprises the act of checking whether the configuration of the output, the input and/or input/output processes by the component-input/output rule is permissible.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the component-input/output rule is downloaded from an external server via a telematic interface of the transport vehicle to the information system.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the act of:

preparing a particular message in the output in an event where the integration of the component is not possible, a component-input/output rule not admissible, or a component is decoupled from the information system.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the set of input/output rules and the component-input/output rule is transmitted via a wireless interface.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the act of:

prior to starting an integration process for a component to be integrated into the information system, checking as to whether the information system is in a ready state to perform the integration.

7. A system in a vehicle, comprising:

an information system;

a component coupled to the information system via a data bus;

an output for outputting information relating to the component and an input for driving the component;

a storage medium, assigned to the information system, in which input/output rules defining admissible input and output processes of the information system are stored;

wherein the component has a storage medium having a component-input/output rule, the component-input/output rule being transmitted to the information system; and

wherein the information system comprises a validation system for checking the admissibility of the transmitted component-input/output rule.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein a set of input/output rules is provided in the storage medium for the information system,

the validation system checking, via the set of input/output rules, as to whether the transmitted component-input/output rule is admissible.

9. A method for configuring an information system in a transport vehicle, in which a set of input/output rules is stored in a storage medium of the information system, the set of input/output rules configure an input, an output and/or input/output processes of the information system, the method comprising the acts of:

sending a set of input/output rules of the information system to a component to be connected to the information system;

preparing in response to said input/output rules of the information system, a component-input/output rule for the information system;

transmitting the component-input/output rule to the information system;

integrating the component-input/output rule into the output, input and input/output processes of the information system;

releasing from the information system an already integrated component that is decoupled from the information system;

removing from the information system the component-input/output rules and corresponding input/output processes of the decoupled component; and

providing information concerning the decoupled component to the output.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 10/567,810 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020976 FRAME 0889. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2008
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 020976/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2002
From: FASOLT, JOHANNES
To: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
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