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Patent US10587998
Issued 2020-03-10
Managed Selection Of A Geographical Location For A Micro-vehicular Cloud
The disclosure includes embodiments for controlling whether a particular connected vehicle forms a micro-vehicular cloud at a geographic location. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a plurality of instances of resource data from a plurality of connected vehicles. The plurality of instances of resource data describe unused computing resources of the plurality of connected vehicles while present at the geographic location. The method includes analyzing the plurality of instances of resource data to determine rules data describing whether a micro-vehicular cloud should be formed at the geographic location. The method includes transmitting the rules data to the particular connected vehicle. The rules data is operable to control whether the particular connected vehicle forms a micro-vehicular cloud at the geographic location. In some embodiments, the method includes determining whether a particular connected vehicle forms a micro-vehicular cloud at a geographic location based on a current time.
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- 1. A system comprising:
a non-vehicle node including a communication unit which is operable to wirelessly receive a plurality of instances of resource data from a plurality of connected vehicles, wherein the plurality of instances of resource data describe unused computing resources of the plurality of connected vehicles while present at an existing geographic location; and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication unit, wherein the processor is operable to execute computer code that causes the processor to:
analyze the plurality of instances of resource data to determine rules data describing that a new micro-vehicular cloud should be formed at a new geographic location; and
cause the communication unit to wirelessly transmit the rules data to a particular connected vehicle, wherein the rules data is operable to instruct the particular connected vehicle to form the new micro-vehicular cloud at the new geographic location and to instruct the particular connected vehicle to transfer digital data content items to the new micro-vehicular cloud, wherein the new micro-vehicular cloud replaces an existing micro-vehicular cloud at the existing geographic location.
- 10. A method for controlling whether a particular connected vehicle forms a new micro-vehicular cloud at a new geographic location based on a current time of the particular connected vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of instances of resource data from a plurality of connected vehicles, wherein the plurality of instances of resource data describe unused computing resources of the plurality of connected vehicles while present at an existing geographic location; analyzing the plurality of instances of resource data to determine rules data describing that a new micro-vehicular cloud should be formed at a new geographic location; and transmitting the rules data to the particular connected vehicle, wherein the rules data is operable to instruct the particular connected vehicle to form the new micro-vehicular cloud at the new geographic location and to instruct the particular connected vehicle to transfer digital data content items to the new micro-vehicular cloud, wherein the new micro-vehicular cloud replaces an existing micro-vehicular cloud at the existing geographic location.
- 16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory memory storing computer-executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
receive a plurality of instances of resource data from a plurality of connected vehicles, wherein the plurality of instances of resource data describe unused computing resources of the plurality of connected vehicles while present at an existing geographic location; analyze the plurality of instances of resource data to determine rules data describing that a new micro-vehicular cloud should be formed at a new geographic location; and transmit the rules data to a particular connected vehicle, wherein the rules data is operable to instruct the particular connected vehicle to form the new micro-vehicular cloud at the new geographic location and to instruct the particular connected vehicle to transfer digital data content items to the new micro-vehicular cloud, wherein the new micro-vehicular cloud replaces an existing micro-vehicular cloud at the existing geographic location.
