Method for accessing email attachments from a mobile vehicle
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsHitan S. Kamdar, Shpetim Veliu
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Abstract
A method for accessing email attachments from a mobile vehicle is disclosed. The method enables the user to contact a call center, and receive email attachments in a mobile vehicle telematics control unit. The telematics control unit determines whether the email attachment is audio-only, or whether it includes video elements. The telematics control unit then routes audio-only attachments to an audio device, and attachments having video elements to a display screen.
Claims21
A method for accessing an email attachment from a mobile vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving an email attachment from a remote server at a vehicle telematics unit;
- determining at the vehicle a classification of the email attachment;
- and
- routing the email attachment within the vehicle based on the classification such that the email attachment is provided to a vehicle communication unit enabled to present the content of the email attachment.
A computer readable non-transitory medium storing a computer program for a system to receive email attachments at a vehicle, comprising:
- computer readable code for receiving an email attachment from a remote server at a vehicle telematics unit;
- computer readable code for determining at the vehicle a classification of the email attachment;
- computer readable code for routing the email attachment within the vehicle based on the classification such that the email attachment is provided to a vehicle communication unit enabled to present the content of the email attachment.
A system for accessing an email attachment from a vehicle, the system comprising:
- means for receiving an email attachment from a remote server at a vehicle telematics unit;
- means for determining at the vehicle a classification of the email attachment;
- and
- means for routing the email attachment within the vehicle based on the classification such that the email attachment is provided to a vehicle communication unit enabled to present the content of the email attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.