Method and system for storing IOTA alert message requests for a vehicle communications system into a queue

• US 20040009772A1
• Filed: 07/11/2002
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Mazzara, William E. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 7,734,291 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The invention provides a method for storing an alert message request for a vehicle communication system into a message queue by initiating an acquisition task to determine service availability, receiving an alert message request from a wireless communication system, storing the alert message request into the vehicle communication unit message queue, and servicing the alert message request until completion.

Claims

1. A method for storing an alert message request for a mobile vehicle communication system into a message queue comprising:

determining service type availability for the mobile vehicle communication system;

receiving an alert message request from a wireless communication system;

setting a preferred roaming list flag for the mobile vehicle communication system;

storing the alert message request into a mobile vehicle communication message queue;

initiating a parameter call to the wireless communication system to service the alert message request into the message queue; and

servicing the alert message request to a mobile communication system until completion.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicle communication unit is a mobile station.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the service type is digital communication.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the alert message is short message service.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication system is internet protocol based over the air activation management services.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferred roaming list flag is determined by the wireless communication system.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the message queue is First In First Out.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining an operation mode for the mobile vehicle communication unit.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a service retry limit.

10. The method of claim 7 further comprising determining a message queue size.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the operation mode is determined by the discontinuous reception wake up state.

12. A system for storing an alert message request for a mobile vehicle communication system into a message queue comprising:

means for determining service type availability for the mobile vehicle communication system;

means for receiving an alert message request from a wireless communication system;

means for setting a preferred roaming list flag for the mobile vehicle communication system;

means for storing the alert message request into a mobile vehicle communication message queue;

means for initiating a parameter call to the wireless communication system to service the alert message request in the message queue; and

means for servicing the alert message request to a mobile communication system until completion.

13. The system of claim 12 further comprising means for determining an operation mode.

14. The system of claim 12 further comprising means for determining the preferred roaming list.

15. The system of claim 12 further comprising means for determining a message queue size.

16. The system of claim 12 further comprising means for determining a service retry limit.

17. A computer usable medium including a program for storing an alert message request for a mobile vehicle communication system into a queue comprising:

computer program code that determines service type availability for the mobile vehicle communication system;

computer program code that receives an alert message request from a wireless communication system;

computer program code that sets a preferred roaming list flag for the mobile vehicle communication system;

computer program code that stores the alert message request into a mobile vehicle communication message queue;

computer program code that initiates a parameter call to the wireless communication system to service the alert message request in the message queue; and

computer program code that services the alert message request to a mobile communication system until completion.

18. The program of claim 17 further comprising computer program code that determines an operation mode.

19. The program of claim 17 further comprising computer that determines the preferred roaming list.

20. The program of claim 17 further comprising computer program code that determines a message queue size.

21. The program of claim 17 further comprising computer program code that determines a service retry limit.