Patent ID: 9274785
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for updating out-of-date software of a source vehicle including a vehicle terminal, the method comprising: determining whether the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle is running out-of-date software; in response to determining that the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle is running out-of-date software, selecting, at the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle, a target vehicle among neighboring vehicles based on information indicating a number of file units to be received, an electric field intensity of wireless communication, an inter-vehicle distance, and an inter-vehicle speed difference, wherein the target vehicle is running updated software, and wherein the information is shared via wireless communication between vehicle terminals; receiving, at the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle, a shared update file from the target vehicle via wireless communication, wherein the shared update file is based on the updated software; storing, at the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle, the shared update file; and updating, at the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle, the out-of-date software using the shared update file, thereby completing a soft update of the out-of-date software running on the vehicle terminal of the source vehicle.