Patent ID: 7778739

Claim:
A system having multiple on-board processors configured to operate within a vehicle, comprising: one or more of the multiple on-board processors coupled together through multiple links into a multiprocessor network, wherein the multiprocessor network is configured to: operate a transceiver configured to detect and establish communication between at least one processor in the multiprocessor network and at least one new device brought into or next to the vehicle; selectively connect the new device to the multiprocessor network; use a data manager to identify a particular type of data used in the new device and processed with a first software application controlled and operated by the new device; identify a second software application from among multiple different software applications located in a memory in the multiprocessor network, wherein the second software application is currently not loaded in or operated by any of the on-board processors, and the second software application is also configured to process the same particular type of data processed by the first software application controlled and operated by the new device; using the data manager to select a particular one of the on-board processors for operating the second software application selected from the memory; automatically move the second software application from the memory in the multiprocessor network to the particular one of the on-board processors selected by the data manager; configure the particular one of the on-board processors to run the second software application moved from the memory, wherein running the second software application causes the particular one of the on-board processors to take over control and operation of the new device; and initiate transfer of the data from the new device to the particular one of the on-board processors and initiate processing of the particular type of data received from the new device with the second software application running on the particular one of the on-board processors.