Re-activating a first access point name using a second access point name
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorBonnie Chen
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Abstract
A communication system and methods of using the communication system to re-activate a previously used access point name (APN) in order to re-establish connectivity between an application service provider (ASP) and a telematics unit in a vehicle. The steps of the method include: receiving content data at the vehicle via the ASP using a first access point name (APN); experiencing a loss of connectivity between the vehicle and the ASP, wherein the loss of connectivity includes de-activation of the first APN with the ASP; transmitting from the vehicle via a second APN a re-activation request associated with the first APN; and in response to the re-activation request, receiving a notification at the vehicle that the first APN has been re-activated.
Claims15
A method of re-activating an access point name (APN) in order to re-establish connectivity between an application service provider and a telematics unit in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- receiving content data at the vehicle via the application service provider (ASP) using a first access point name (APN);
- receiving vehicle services data at the vehicle from a backend system using a second access point name (APN), wherein the second APN is a private APN, wherein the vehicle services data pertains to one or more vehicle services, and wherein the first APN and the second APN are concurrently activated;
- experiencing a loss of connectivity between the vehicle and the ASP, wherein the loss of connectivity includes de-activation of the first APN with the ASP;
- transmitting from the vehicle to the backend system via the second APN a re-activation request associated with the first APN, wherein the backend system is configured to:
- carry out one or more backend vehicle services for a plurality of vehicles, which includes transmitting vehicle services to the plurality of vehicles, and wherein the plurality of vehicles includes the vehicle;
- receive the re-activation request associated with the first APN from the vehicle via the second APN;
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- in response to receiving;
- the re-activation request associated with the first APN, send a re-activation message to the ASP, wherein the ASP is configured to trigger a re-activation of connectivity with the vehicle, wherein the triggering of the re-activation of connectivity includes sending a subscriber account data update associated with the first APN to a subscriber-authorization server, and wherein the receipt of the subscriber account data update at the subscriber-authorization server causes the first APN to be re-activated such that both the first APN and the second APN are concurrently activated;
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- in response to the re-activation request, receiving a notification at the vehicle that the first APN has been re-activated.
A method of re-establishing connectivity between an application service provider and a telematics unit in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- receiving content data at the vehicle via the application service provider (ASP) using a first access point name (APN);
- receiving vehicle services data at the vehicle from a backend system using a second access point name (APN), wherein the vehicle services data pertains to one or more vehicle services, and wherein the first APN and the second APN are concurrently activated;
- experiencing a loss of connectivity between the vehicle and the ASP, wherein the loss of connectivity includes de-activation of the first APN with the ASP;
- transmitting from the vehicle to the ASP via the second APN a re-activation request associated with the first APN, wherein the ASP is configured to trigger a re-activation of connectivity with the vehicle, wherein the triggering of the re-activation of connectivity includes sending a subscriber account data update associated with the first APN to a subscriber-authorization server, and wherein the receipt of the subscriber account data update at the subscriber-authorization server causes the first APN to be re-activated such that both the first APN and the second APN are concurrently activated;
- in response to the re-activation request, receiving a notification at the vehicle that the first APN has been re-activated;
- sending a connection request to a wireless carrier system using the re-activated first APN;
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- following an acknowledgement of the connection request, re-establishing connectivity between the vehicle and the ASP using the re-activated first APN.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.