Granted Patent B2

US 12,468,521 · App. 18/016,195 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: Jochen Braun (Munich, DE); Christian Denich (Munich, DE); Ulrich Muehlbauer (Munich, DE)

Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

G06F8/65H04L67/12

Abstract

Claims (59)

1 . A computer-implemented method for time-controlled delivery of updatable services to an on-board system of service-utilizing vehicles, the method comprising:

receiving data pertaining to a network loading of a backend server carrying out a delivery of services and to an availability of a data connection of service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server over a predetermined length of time;

evaluating the data to identify an optimal delivery period of the updatable services for each service-utilizing vehicle, in which the network loading of the backend server is distributed within the predetermined length of time as a function of the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server;

delivering the updatable services by the backend server to the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles in the optimal delivery period identified for each service-utilizing vehicle;

sending, by the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles, service-update requests to the backend server at regular intervals, wherein the service-update requests comprise data relating to a requested geographical region, a current version of the geographical region, and data relating to a service-usage behavior of a vehicle user;

in response to the service-update request of the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicle, at least one of:

initiating, by the backend server, the delivery of the updatable service;

sending to the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicle a message relating to a time-shifted delivery of the updatable service; or

sending a prompt for a renewed service-update request, wherein the renewed service-update request falls within a period in which an expected lower network loading and an expected availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicle coincide;

and

executing, by at least one on-board system of at least one service-utilizing vehicle, the updatable service delivered by the backend server.

2 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

delivering, during a first period of above-average network loading, the updatable services to vehicles that are being moved exclusively in the first period; and

delivering, during a second period of below-average network loading, the updatable services to vehicles that are not being moved exclusively in the first period.

3 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 2 , wherein the first period is during a peak traffic time, and wherein the second period is during an off-peak traffic time.

4 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

delivering the updatable services to a particular service-utilizing vehicle as a function of a regular route profile of the particular service-utilizing vehicle, wherein a type of the delivered data is adapted to the regular route profile.

5 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 4 , wherein the updatable services comprise traffic information, navigation-map updates and/or parking-lot information, wherein the updatable service is delivered for all of a plurality of geographical updating regions in response to the regular route profile including the plurality of geographical updating regions.

6 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

delivering the updatable services as a function of the service-usage behavior of the vehicle user, wherein a prioritized delivery of the updatable service is carried out in response to a frequency of usage of a service exceeding a predetermined threshold value.

7 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

continuously acquiring the network loading of the backend server and the availability of the data connection from the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server.

8 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

evaluating the data to identify the optimal delivery period by a machine-learning algorithm or by a stochastic model, wherein a foreseeable network loading is learned or ascertained by the machine-learning algorithm or by the stochastic model on a basis of historical data.

9 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server in a course of an operation of the service-utilizing vehicles and/or in an activated state of the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles.

10 . The computer-implemented method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

recording the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server by the on-board system, and communicating the availability to the backend server.

11 . A system for time-controlled delivery of updatable services to an on-board system of service-utilizing vehicles, comprising:

a plurality of service-utilizing vehicles comprising an on-board system configured to establish a data connection to a backend server to receive the updatable services; and

the backend server configured to:

deliver the updatable services to the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles;

receive data pertaining to a network loading and to an availability of a data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles over a predetermined length of time;

evaluate the acquired data to identify an optimal delivery period of the updatable services for each service-utilizing vehicle, in which the network loading of the backend server is distributed within the predetermined length of time as a function of the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server; and

deliver the updatable services to the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles in the optimal delivery period identified for each service-utilizing vehicle,

wherein the on-board system is configured to send service-update requests to the backend server at regular intervals, wherein the service-update requests comprise data relating to a requested geographical region, a current version of the geographical region, and data relating to a service-usage behavior of a vehicle user,

wherein the backend server is configured to, in response to the service-update request, send to the on-board system a message relating to a time-shifted delivery of the updatable service, and

wherein the on-board system is configured to execute the updatable service delivered by the backend server.

12 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the backend server is configured to:

deliver, during a first period of above-average network loading, the updatable services to vehicles that are being moved exclusively in the first period; and

deliver, during a second period of below-average network loading, the updatable services to vehicles that are not being moved exclusively in the first period.

13 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the backend server is configured to:

deliver the updatable services to a particular service-utilizing vehicle as a function of a regular route profile of the particular service-utilizing vehicle, wherein a type of the delivered data is adapted to the regular route profile.

14 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the backend server is configured to:

continuously acquire the network loading of the backend server and the availability of the data connection from the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server.

15 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the backend server is configured to:

evaluate the data to identify the optimal delivery period by a machine-learning algorithm or by a stochastic model, wherein a foreseeable network loading is learned or ascertained by the machine-learning algorithm or by the stochastic model on a basis of historical data.

16 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the on-board system is configured to:

obtain the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server in a course of an operation of the service-utilizing vehicles and/or in an activated state of the on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles.

17 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the on-board system is configured to:

record the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server, and communicate the availability to the backend server.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving data pertaining to a network loading of a backend server carrying out a delivery of services and to an availability of a data connection of service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server over a predetermined length of time;

evaluating the data to identify an optimal delivery period of the updatable services for each service-utilizing vehicle, in which the network loading of the backend server is distributed within the predetermined length of time as a function of the availability of the data connection of the service-utilizing vehicles to the backend server;

delivering the updatable services by the backend server to an on-board system of the service-utilizing vehicles in the optimal delivery period identified for each service-utilizing vehicle;

receiving from the service-utilizing vehicles, service-update requests at regular intervals, wherein the service-update requests comprise data relating to a requested geographical region, a current version of the geographical region, and data relating to a service-usage behavior of a vehicle user; and

in response to the service-update request of one of the service-utilizing vehicles,

sending a prompt for a renewed service-update request, wherein the renewed service-update request falls within a period in which an expected lower network loading and an expected availability of a data connection of the service-utilizing vehicle coincide,

wherein the on-board system is configured to execute the updatable service delivered by the backend server.

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