Restoring Connectivity To A Desubscribed Telematics Unit
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorLawrence D. Cepuran
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention include a method and system for restoring connectivity from a telematics service provider to a desubscribed telematics unit, and therefore, restored a capability of providing telematics services to a vehicle owner. A vehicle owner with a lapsed subscription and a desubscribed telematics unit installed in his vehicle may have the need to request certain telematics services from the telematics service provider. Aspects of the invention provide for a vehicle owner with a lapsed subscription and a desubscribed telematics unit to request certain “a la carte” services from a telematics service provider using the vehicle owner's personal cellular telephone connected to the desubscribed telematics unit across a personal wireless link.
Claims18
A system for restoring connectivity to a telematics unit, the system comprising:
- a personal cellular telephone external to the telematics unit, the cellular telephone being communicatively linked to a service provider, the link to the service provider being enabled by the telematics unit;
- a personal wireless link connected between the cellular telephone and the telematics unit;
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- a vehicle communication processor within the telematics unit comprising a telematics communications unit, whereby the telematics unit receives services indirectly from the service provider via the personal wireless link.
A method for restoring connectivity to a telematics unit, the method comprising:
- activating the telematics unit;
- enabling a personal wireless transceiver within the telematics unit to support a personal wireless link;
- activating the personal wireless link between the telematics unit and an external personal cellular telephone;
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- establishing communications between the telematics unit and a service provider via the personal wireless link in communication with the telematics unit, user's personal cellular telephone and the telematics unit.
A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for restoring connectivity to a telematics unit, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- instructions for activating the telematics unit in response to a prompting event;
- instructions for enabling a personal wireless transceiver within the telematics unit to support a personal wireless link;
- instructions for activating the personal wireless link between the telematics unit and an external personal cellular telephone;
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- instructions for communicating between the telematics unit and a service provider via the external personal cellular telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.