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US 7,613,435 B2Granted
Method for providing satellite radio service in a vehicle
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsLisa Reynolds, Francis Luk, Mounir Hider, Sukhwinder Wadhwa
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Abstract
An aspect of the invention provides a method for providing satellite radio service in a vehicle. A satellite radio may be activated before a customer purchases the vehicle. The satellite radio may remain active until it receives a deactivation signal.
Claims20
A method for providing satellite radio service in a vehicle comprising:
- installing a satellite radio module in the vehicle, the module being
- (i) enabled to play at least a subset of signals the module receives from a satellite broadcast for the vehicle's useful life, the subset being defined by activation information, and
- (ii) configured to deactivate in the event the module receives a deactivation signal from the satellite broadcast;
- collecting transaction information including a transaction date associated with the vehicle;
- storing at least a subset of the transaction information in memory;
- and
- transmitting a message including the transaction date to a satellite radio service provider such that a determination can be made regarding a preactivation duration.
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A method for providing satellite radio service for a satellite radio module in a vehicle comprising:
- receiving a message including a transaction date associated with the vehicle, the transaction date used to determine a preactivation duration;
- determining whether the preactivation duration exceeds a predetermined period of time;
- transmitting a signal containing deactivation information for the module if the preactivation duration exceeds the predetermined period of time;
- and
- disabling the module from playing at least a subset of signals the module receives from a satellite broadcast based on the deactivation information.
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A method for providing satellite radio service for a satellite radio module in a vehicle comprising:
- receiving a message including a transaction date associated with the vehicle, the transaction date used to determine a preactivation duration;
- determining whether the preactivation duration exceeds a predetermined period of time;
- and
- transmitting a signal containing deactivation information for the module if the preactivation duration exceeds the predetermined period of time to disable the module from playing at least a subset of signals the module receives from a satellite broadcast.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.