US 11,868,757 B2
Management of transport software updates
Louis Brugman, Frisco, TX (US); Devang H. Parekh, Dallas, TX (US); and Wilson-Boon Siang Khoo, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/506,755.
Application 17/506,755 is a continuation of application No. 16/597,770, filed on Oct. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,169,795.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043648 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); G06F 8/70 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 8/70 (2013.01); G06F 9/44589 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing, by a master transport, a first portion of a complete software update to a first transport;
providing, by the master transport, a second portion of the complete software update to a second transport, wherein the first portion and the second portion are different subsets of the complete software update;
identifying, by the master transport, that the first transport and the second transport are within a determined distance of one another; and
in response to the identifying, sending, by the master transport, an instruction to the first transport to send the first portion to the second transport to create the complete software update at the second transport and sending, by the master transport, an instruction the second transport to send the second portion to the first transport to create the complete software update at the first transport.