Method and Apparatus for an Alert Strategy Between Modules
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRitesh Pandya, Robert Bruce Kleve
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Abstract
A telematics control unit comprising a transceiver configured to receive a message from a vehicle module during a sleep mode, the message requesting the telematics control unit to output information via a telecommunications network. The telematics control unit also includes a processor configured to determine whether to output the information or delay the output of the information based upon the message, and output the information to the telecommunications network, or delay outputting the information until the telematics control unit enters a full-power mode or a wake-up cycle.
Claims20
A telematics control unit (TCU), comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive a message from a module during a sleep mode, the message requesting the TCU to output information via a telecommunications network;
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether to output the information or delay the output of the information based upon the message;
- and
- output the information to the telecommunications network, or delay outputting the information until the TCU enters a full-power mode or a wake-up cycle.
A method of using a telematics control unit (TCU), comprising:
- receiving a message from a vehicle module during a sleep mode, the message requesting the TCU to output information via a telecommunications network;
- determining whether to output the information or delay the output of the information based upon the message;
- and
- outputting the information to the telecommunications network, or delaying output of the information until the TCU enters a full-power mode or a wake-up cycle.
A telematics control unit (TCU), comprising:
- a transceiver for receiving a message from a module during a sleep mode, the message requesting the TCU to output information using a telecommunications network;
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether to output or delay output of the information based upon the message;
- output the information to the network;
- and
- activate a power mode based upon the message after outputting the information to the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.