Vehicle notification method and system

• US 20060047415A1
• Filed: 01/31/2005
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Videtich, Matt C., Gault, Thomas, Groskreutz, Bruce A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,835,691 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/16 on playing information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages

Abstract

A vehicle notification method comprising: receiving a remotely transmitted message at a mobile vehicle; after receiving the transmitted message and in response thereto, setting, within a module in the mobile vehicle, a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check, and alerting a user of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle notification method comprising:

receiving a remotely transmitted message at a mobile vehicle;

after receiving the transmitted message and in response thereto,

setting, within a module in the mobile vehicle, a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check, and

alerting a user of the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, also comprising the step of servicing the mobile vehicle, wherein the code is retrieved during servicing by a vehicle diagnostic tool and is utilized to inform a service technician of a service notice for the mobile vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check includes the substeps of

formulating a vehicle network command for the module;

and

transmitting the vehicle network command over an in-vehicle network to the module, wherein the module responds to the command by setting the code.

4. The method of claim 1, also including the step of:

setting a value in the module identifying the transmitted message, wherein the value is retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle diagnostic check is a remote vehicle diagnostic check using wireless communication with the vehicle.

6. In a mobile communication network that detects a presence of a wireless transceiver on the network, receives a message targeted to the wireless transceiver, and transmits the message to the wireless transceiver responsive to the detection of the presence of the wireless transceiver on the network, the improvement comprising:

attaching a non-transceiver-specific vehicle-related notification to the message;

transmitting-the notification with the message to the network;

transmitting the notification with the message to the wireless transceiver responsive to the detection of the presence of the wireless transceiver on the network, wherein the wireless transceiver is coupled to a vehicle; and

communicating with an in-vehicle module responsive to the received notification.

7. The method of claim 6, also comprising the steps of:

setting, within the module, a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check.

8. The method of claim 7, also comprising the step of alerting a user of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the communicating with the in-vehicle module includes sending at least a part of the notification to the in-vehicle module.

10. A vehicle notification system comprising:

a node on a vehicle for receiving a remotely transmitted message;

a control unit coupled to the node receiving the transmitted message;

a memory accessible by the control unit, wherein, in response to the transmitted message, the control unit sets in the vehicle memory a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check; and

an alert device for alerting a user of the vehicle responsive to the transmitted message.

11. The vehicle notification system of claim 10, wherein the vehicle also includes a network, wherein the memory is within a system control module coupled to the network, and wherein the control unit sets the code by transmitting commands over the network to the control module.

12. The vehicle notification system of claim 10, also comprising a voice user interface, wherein the voice user interface is responsive to the received notification.

13. The vehicle notification system of claim 12, wherein the voice user interface provides information to the user of the vehicle responsive to the notification.