Method for automatically replenishing pre-paid calling units within a telematic unit
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsGary A. Watkins, Christopher L. Oesterling
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Abstract
In a system including a telematics unit and a data center, a method for automatically replenishing pre-paid calling units within the telematics is based on an occurrence of a trigger event as detected by the telematics units. Upon being notified of the trigger event, the data center automatically uploads a replenishment package to the telematics unit or uploads a replenishment package selected by the telematics unit.
Claims21
In a system including a telematics unit and a data center, a method for automatically replenishing calling units within the telematics unit, the method comprising:
- operating the telematics unit to automatically detect an occurrence of a trigger event to the data center;
- and
- operating the data center to communicate a replenishment package to the telematics unit subsequent to the detection of the trigger event, wherein the replenishment package includes a first set of calling units.
A system, comprising:
- a telematics unit operable to automatically detect an occurrence of a trigger event to said data center;
- and
- a data center operable to communicate a replenishment package to said telematics unit subsequent to the occurrence of the trigger event,
- wherein the replenishment package includes a first set of calling units, and
- wherein said telematics unit is further operable to automatically replenish itself with the first set of calling units in response to a reception of the replenishment package.
A telematics unit, comprising:
- means for automatically detecting and communicating an occurrence of a trigger event to a data center;
- and
- means for automatically replenishing itself with a first set of calling units in response to a reception of a replenishment package from the data center,
- wherein the reception of the replenishment package from the data center corresponds to the communicated occurrence of the trigger event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.