Acquiring service authorization status from a mobile vehicle
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorMatt C. Videtich
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle. A call center receives a request for the authorization status of the satellite broadcast service for the mobile vehicle. The call center sends a request signal to the mobile vehicle. The call center then receives an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle. The call center then sends the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service.
Claims8
A method for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a request from the satellite broadcast service for the authorization status for the mobile vehicle at a call center;
- sending a request signal from the call center to the mobile vehicle;
- receiving an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle at the call center;
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- sending the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.
A computer usable medium including a program for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle, comprising:
- computer program code to receive a request from the satellite broadcast service for the authorization status for the mobile vehicle at a call center;
- computer program code to send a request signal from the call center to the mobile vehicle;
- computer program code to receive an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle at the call center;
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- computer program code to send the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.
A system of determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle, comprising:
- means for receiving a request from the satellite broadcast service for the authorization status for the mobile vehicle at a call center;
- means for sending a request signal from the call center to the mobile vehicle;
- means for receiving an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle at the call center;
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- means for sending the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.