ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,913, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Aggregated common package OTA broadcast" was invented by Oliver Lei (Windsor, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delivering software updates is provided. An update server in communication with an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) transmitter and with a cellular network broadcasts a probe message to a plurality of vehicles. The update server receives probe results from the plurality of vehicles, responsive to the broadcasting. The update server analyzes the probe results to determine software updates to send to the plurality of vehic...