US 12,450,050 B2
Software update program for in-vehicle devices and associated server
Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Nagoya (JP); and Sho Nakamura, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,749.
Application 18/179,749 is a continuation of application No. 17/243,896, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,625,233.
Application 17/243,896 is a continuation of application No. 16/436,300, filed on Jun. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,023,223, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-142484 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205515 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 8/654 (2018.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/654 (2018.02) [H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
electronically communicate with a server to receive a transmission with information indicating that an update of a program in a vehicle associated with the information processing apparatus is available;
accept an instruction to update the program in the vehicle from a user of the vehicle after the information processing apparatus receives the information;
transmit the instruction to update the program to the server; and
receive a transmission from the server, in parallel with an update processing of the program in the vehicle, indicating a progress status of the update processing when the information processing apparatus accepts the instruction to update,
wherein the information processing apparatus is not fixed in the vehicle.