公开(公告)号：US20250132947A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-24

申请号：US18383289

申请日：2023-10-24

Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC

Inventor： Andrew Kryszak ,  Subhash Vijaya DODDACHIKKAVEERANNA ,  Chang LIU ,  Anup DHOTE ,  Michael POTTS ,  Daniel Pinheiro CARLESIMO

IPC: H04L12/40

Abstract: A branding and configuring system for devices of a vehicle to be branded includes: an Ethernet switch including ports; a branding module connected to the Ethernet switch and generating new identification information for each of the devices and send the new identification information via a respective one of the ports to that device; and the devices connected respectively to the ports and including a RAM and a NVM. Each of the devices is configured to: store the corresponding new identification information received from the branding module for that device in the RAM or replace identification information stored in the RAM of that device with the corresponding new identification information in the RAM; and based on the new identification information, receive programming from a testing device external from the vehicle to reprogram that device for a dedicated functional role within the vehicle.