AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION OF SUBSCRIPTION-SPECIFIC MESSAGES TO A TELEMATICS EQUIPPED VEHICLE
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1. A method of automatically communicating subscription-specific messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing a trigger and a message associated with the trigger;
(b) setting the trigger;
(c) monitoring for occurrence of one or more conditions that satisfy the trigger; and
(d) determining whether the one or more conditions have occurred and, if so, then;
(e) accessing the message associated with the trigger; and
(f) playing the message.
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Abstract
A method of automatically communicating subscription-specific messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle includes the following steps: a) establishing a trigger and a message associated with the trigger; b) setting the trigger; c) monitoring for the occurrence of one or more conditions that satisfy the trigger; and d) determining that the one or more conditions have occurred and, if so, then; e) accessing the message associated with the trigger; and f) playing the message.
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1. A method of automatically communicating subscription-specific messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a trigger and a message associated with the trigger;
(b) setting the trigger;
(c) monitoring for occurrence of one or more conditions that satisfy the trigger; and
(d) determining whether the one or more conditions have occurred and, if so, then;
(e) accessing the message associated with the trigger; and
(f) playing the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15)
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11. A method of automatically communicating subscription-specific messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a trigger and a message associated with the trigger;
(b) storing the trigger and the message in a call center;
(c) downloading the trigger to the vehicle from the call center;
(d) setting the trigger in the vehicle;
(e) monitoring for occurrence of one or more conditions that satisfy the trigger; and
(f) determining whether the one or more conditions have occurred and, if so, then;
(g) uploading data associated with the trigger from the vehicle to the call center in response to the determining step;
(h) accessing the message associated with the trigger from memory in the call center;
(i) downloading the message from the call center to the vehicle; and
(j) playing the message in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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