Patent ID: 8885498
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for capability-aware network load distribution for a vehicle telematics system, the method comprising: receiving, by a traffic aggregator device in communication with the vehicle telematics system, a communication request from the vehicle telematics system corresponding to data to be downloaded; retrieving, by the traffic aggregator device, a profile of a file from a server, the file corresponding to the data to be downloaded; establishing, by the traffic aggregator device, tethering connections with a plurality of mobile devices within the vehicle; determining, by the traffic aggregator device, a maximum capability corresponding to each of the plurality of mobile devices; determining, by the traffic aggregator device, portions of the data to be downloaded by each of the plurality of mobile devices based on the retrieved profile of the file, wherein sizes of the portions of the data to be downloaded by each of the plurality of mobile devices are based on the determined maximum capability corresponding to each of the plurality of mobile devices; instructing, by the traffic aggregator device, each of the plurality of mobile devices to download respective determined portions of the data to be downloaded by each of the plurality of mobile devices; receiving, by the traffic aggregator device, the respective determined portions of the data to be downloaded from each of the plurality of mobile devices; and transmitting, by the traffic aggregator device, to the vehicle telematics system the received portions of the data to be downloaded.