Method and system for telematic data transfer

• US 20050215282A1
• Filed: 03/23/2004
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Oesterling, Christopher L., Watkins, Gary A., Stefan, Jeffrey M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,245,951 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/002 with telemetering systems telemetering in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/20 with provision for recharging the prepaid account or card, or for credit establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0188 Network monitoring; statistics on usage on called/calling number
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

A method for telematic data transfer comprising the steps of: monitoring parameters for personal communications made through a telematics unit in a vehicle between the telematics unit and at least one remote location; determining a communication requirement for communicating between the telematics unit and the remote location; and scheduling and executing the determined communication responsive to the monitored parameters to increase likelihood of success of the determined communication.

Claims

1. A method for telematic data transfer comprising the steps of:

monitoring parameters for personal communications made through a telematics unit in a vehicle between the telematics unit and at least one remote location;

determining a communication requirement for communicating between the telematics unit and the remote location; and

scheduling and executing the determined communication responsive to the monitored parameters to increase likelihood of success of the determined communication.

2. The method of claim 1, also comprising the step of creating a profile of the monitored parameters, wherein the step of scheduling and executing is responsive to the profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined communication is an outbound communication from the vehicle to the remote location.

4. The method of claim 2, also comprising the step of:

transferring the profile to the remote location, wherein the determined call is an inbound communication from the remote location to the telematics unit.

5. A method for telematic data transfer comprising the steps of:

monitoring personal calling parameters for calls made through a telematics unit in a vehicle;

determining an outbound call requirement for placing a call from the telematics unit to a remote location; and

scheduling and executing the outbound call responsive to the parameters to increase the chance of success of the outbound call.

6. The method of claim 5, also comprising the step of creating a profile of the monitored personal calling parameters, wherein the scheduling and executing step is responsive to the profile.

7. A system for telematic data transfer including a telematics unit in a vehicle including a mobile communication device that has a data transfer mode and a personal communication mode, wherein activation of the personal communication mode interrupts the data transfer mode, comprising:

a monitor for monitoring parameters for personal communications made through the telematics unit between the telematics unit and at least one remote location; and

a communication scheduler for scheduling and executing a data transfer communication in the data transfer mode responsive to the monitored parameters to increase likelihood of success of the data transfer communication and minimize interruption by a personal communication mode.