Central Address Memory for Vehicle Internet Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motor vehicle systems for multiple Internet-connected locations lack seamless and secure sharing of Internet addresses and bookmarks across different operating units, leading to reduced user convenience and requiring authentication for access.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a central address memory and bookmark memory accessible by multiple computer units within the vehicle, allowing automatic storage and retrieval of Internet addresses and bookmarks without authentication, using a bus connection and a profile management module to manage and share these across different operating locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a central address memory is implemented to share Internet addresses across multiple operating locations, then user convenience is improved through automatic address completion and access, but system complexity increases due to additional memory infrastructure and communication protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the address memory functionality into a central location that is accessible by multiple computer units through a communication bus. Instead of each operating location maintaining separate address histories, all computer units share a common address memory, allowing automatic address completion and access across different operating locations without requiring separate memory systems at each location.
Solution Approach 2:
The central address memory serves multiple functions: it stores Internet addresses for automatic completion, provides bookmark access, and supports multiple computer units simultaneously. This universal memory system replaces the need for location-specific address storage, reducing overall system complexity while improving ease of operation across all operating locations.
2Ease of operation
If multiple computer units access a shared address memory without authentication, then operating comfort is improved through seamless access, but security control mechanisms become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication requirement from the address access process. By removing authentication checks for address and bookmark access within the vehicle's closed system, the system achieves seamless access across multiple operating locations. The trustworthiness of users is assumed based on vehicle access control, eliminating the need for additional authentication complexity.
3Loss of information
If Internet addresses are automatically stored and shared across computer units, then information availability is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service data management where the central address memory automatically stores Internet addresses from any computer unit without requiring manual intervention. Addresses are automatically completed and made available to other computer units, eliminating the need for complex manual data management while ensuring information availability across all operating locations.
Data Source
AI summary
In a motor vehicle having an Internet connection and at least two computer units to which at least one operating location respectively is assigned for using the Internet, each operating location includes at least one display unit and operating devices. By each computer unit, at least one browser application for the display of Internet pages is implementable such that, by way of the input devices, Internet pages can be called at each operating location via Internet addresses and can be displayed on the display unit. An Internet address used at a first operating location, which is assigned to a first computer unit, can be automatically stored in a central address memory such that the Internet address can be made available by an access taking place from a second computer unit to the address memory at a second operating location assigned to this second computer unit. This permits a facilitated address input by the operating devices of the second operating location.