Method and system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle

• US 20060166631A1
• Filed: 01/26/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Ross, Steven J., Chrumka, Edward P., Wang, Mingheng
• Granted Patent: US 7,720,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/152.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

A method and system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle includes receiving broadcast data at a telematics unit of the vehicle, sending the received broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via short range wireless connection, and providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device based on the received broadcast data. A computer usable medium with suitable computer program code is employed for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving broadcast data at a telematics unit of the vehicle;

sending the received broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via short range wireless connection; and

providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device based on the received broadcast data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving audio associated with the broadcast data; and

sending the audio to a mobile vehicle audio system simultaneously with displaying the broadcast data at the portable processing device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing at least one personalized service comprises:

providing a service application at the portable processing device;

filtering the received broadcast data at the portable processing device using the service application; and

modifying the received broadcast data based on the service application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the broadcast data content is received over at least one satellite broadcast channel.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving GPS data at the portable processing device ; and

providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device wherein the broadcast data is parsed based on the GPS data.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing a personal service data on the portable processing device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable processing device is selected from a group consisting of:

a personal digital device, a wireless device, a keypad, a smart phone, and a handheld computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the broadcast data is selected from the group consisting of:

a listening guide, a vehicle campaign guide, an advertising message, traffic information, weather information, movie information, audio information, and news information.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the personalized service is selected from the group consisting of:

a user-specific content guide, a vehicle campaign alert, a sales incentive, a traffic alert, a weather alert, a movie trailer, an audio promotion, and a local news report.

10. A system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, the system comprising:

means for receiving broadcast data at a telematics unit of the vehicle;

means for sending the received broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via short range wireless connection; and

means for providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device based on the received broadcast data.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

means for receiving audio associated with the broadcast data; and

means for sending the audio to a mobile vehicle audio system simultaneously with displaying the broadcast data at the portable processing device.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein providing at least one personalized service comprises:

means for providing a service application at the portable processing device;

means for filtering the received broadcast data at the portable processing device using the service application; and

means for modifying the received broadcast data based on the service application.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the broadcast data content is received over at least one satellite broadcast channel.

14. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

means for receiving GPS data at the portable processing device; and

means for providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device wherein the broadcast data is parsed based on the GPS data.

15. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

means for storing a personal service data on the portable processing device.

16. A computer usable medium storing a computer program including computer program code for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, comprising:

computer program code for receiving broadcast data at a telematics unit of the vehicle;

computer program code for sending the received broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via short range wireless connection; and

computer program code for providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device based on the received broadcast data.

17. The computer usable medium of claim 16 further comprising:

computer program code for receiving audio associated with the broadcast data; and

computer program code for sending the audio to a mobile vehicle audio system simultaneously with displaying the broadcast data at the portable processing device.

18. The computer usable medium of claim 16 wherein providing at least one personalized service comprises:

computer program code for providing a service application at the portable processing device;

computer program code for filtering the received broadcast data at the portable processing device using the service application; and

computer program code for modifying the received broadcast data based on the service application.

19. The computer usable medium of claim 16 further comprising:

computer program code for receiving GPS data at the portable processing device ; and

computer program code for providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device wherein the broadcast data is parsed based on the GPS data.

20. The computer usable medium of claim 16 further comprising:

computer program code for storing a personal service data on the portable processing device.