Patent ID: 9286265
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60R,B60W,G06F,G07C

Claim Text:
1. An add-on device for managing an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle having one or more of said ECU, a communication network linked thereto for circulating data related to the one or more ECU, and a user interface being integrated in the vehicle and communicating with the communication network, the vehicle further having a vehicle interface communicating with the communication network, the add-on device comprising: a transceiver adapted to cooperate with the vehicle interface for communicating with the communication network; and a controller being communicatively connected to the transceiver, and adapted to generate a user-interface control signal addressed to said user interface, in order to manipulate the user interface of the vehicle and to present thereon command options prompting a user to enter a command selection in response thereto, the command selection being representative of an operation to be executed with respect to a targeted one of the one or more ECU, the controller being further adapted to receive the command selection from the user interface, and to generate in response thereto, an ECU control signal to be sent via the transceiver, to the communication network for executing said operation, in order to manage the targeted ECU from the user interface of the vehicle.