US6202008B1
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Vehicle computer system with wireless internet connectivity
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
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Filing: 1999-09-10
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Granted: 2001-03-13
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Expires: 2019-09-10
Abstract
Abstract A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both vehicle-related applications (e.g., vehicle security application, vehicle diagnostics application, communications application, etc.) and non-vehicle-related applications (e.g., entertainment application, word processing, etc.). The computer system has an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet. One or more of the applications may utilize the link to access content on the Internet.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard D. Beckert
- 👤 Mark M. Moeller
- 👤 William S. Wong
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 09:05
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G01C21/3688; B; B60; B60R; B60R11/00; B60R11/02; B60R25/00; G01C21/3626; G01C21/3661; H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/12; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; B60R11/0211; B60R11/0229; B60R11/0252; B60R16/00; B60R16/02; B60R16/03; B60R16/0315; B60R2011/0001; B60R2011/0003; B60R2011/0005; B60R2011/027; B60T; B60T2270/00; B60T2270/40; B60T2270/406; H04L65/00; H04L65/1066; H04L65/1101; H04L69/324; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/60; H04M1/6033; H04M1/6041
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
44 words
A vehicle computer system comprising: a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard; a computer mounted within the housing; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
44 words
A vehicle computer system comprising: a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard; a computer mounted within the housing; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 1 wherein the housing has a form factor of a single DIN.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 1 wherein the Internet wireless link is connected to the computer via a bus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 1 wherein the operating system is a multitasking operating system that is capable of concurrently running the multiple applications.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 1 further comprising multiple applications that execute on the computer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 5 wherein the applications are selected from a group comprising a navigational application, an entertainment application, a communications application, a vehicle security application, a vehicle diagnostics application, a word processing application, a spreadsheet application, a database application, and an appointment/schedule application.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 1 further comprising an application executing on the computer that utilizes the Internet wireless link to access the Internet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 1 wherein the Internet wireless link is used to download an application to the computer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
80 words
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising: a network; at least one client computing device connected to the network; a vehicle computer system connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer system comprising: a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard; a computer mounted within the housing; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
80 words
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising: a network; at least one client computing device connected to the network; a vehicle computer system connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer system comprising: a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard; a computer mounted within the housing; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A computer network system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the content served to the client is received from the Internet via the Internet wireless link.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
A vehicle computer system comprising: a support module having a bus; a computer module connected to the bus, the computer module having a processor; multiple applications stored on the computer module and executed by the processor; and an Internet wireless link connected to the support module to provide access for the computer module to the Internet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
A vehicle computer system comprising: a support module having a bus; a computer module connected to the bus, the computer module having a processor; multiple applications stored on the computer module and executed by the processor; and an Internet wireless link connected to the support module to provide access for the computer module to the Internet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 11 wherein at least one of the applications utilizes the Internet wireless link to access the Internet.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 11 wherein the Internet wireless link is used to download an application to the computer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 11 wherein the support module has a form factor of a single DIN.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 11 further comprising a multitasking operating system stored and executed on the computer module.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 11 wherein the applications are selected from a group comprising a navigational application, an entertainment application, a communications application, a vehicle security application, a vehicle diagnostics application, a word processing application, a spreadsheet application, a database application, and an appointment/schedule application.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 11 further comprising a faceplate module connected to the bus.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
92 words
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising: a network; at least one client computing device connected to the network; a vehicle computer system connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer system comprising: a support module having a bus; a computer module connected to the bus, the computer module having a processor; multiple applications stored on the computer module and executed by the processor; and an Internet wireless link connected to the support module to provide access for the computer module to the Internet.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
92 words
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising: a network; at least one client computing device connected to the network; a vehicle computer system connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer system comprising: a support module having a bus; a computer module connected to the bus, the computer module having a processor; multiple applications stored on the computer module and executed by the processor; and an Internet wireless link connected to the support module to provide access for the computer module to the Internet.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
A computer network system as recited in claim 18 , wherein the content served to the client is received from the Internet via the Internet wireless link.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
A vehicle computer system comprising: a computer; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; multiple applications executing on the operating system; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
34 words
A vehicle computer system comprising: a computer; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; multiple applications executing on the operating system; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 20 wherein the multiple applications include at least one vehicle-related application and at least one non-vehicle related application.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 20 wherein at least one of the applications utilizes the Internet wireless link to access the Internet.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
49 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 20 wherein the applications are selected from a group comprising a navigational application, an entertainment application, a communications application, a vehicle security application, a vehicle diagnostics application, a word processing application, a spreadsheet application, a database application, and an appointment/schedule application.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicle computer system as recited in claim 20 wherein the Internet wireless link is used to download an application to the computer.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
70 words
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising: a network; at least one client computing device connected to the network; a vehicle computer system connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer system comprising: a computer; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; multiple applications executing on the operating system; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
70 words
A computer network system for an automobile, comprising: a network; at least one client computing device connected to the network; a vehicle computer system connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer system comprising: a computer; an open platform operating system executing on the computer; multiple applications executing on the operating system; and an Internet wireless link to provide access to the Internet.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
27 words
A computer network system as recited in claim 25 , wherein the content served to the client is received from the Internet via the Internet wireless link.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2008-03-12 | 2008-09-11 | 2009-03-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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