Methods and system for providing routing assistance to a vehicle
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1. A method for providing routing assistance to a vehicle in an emergency situation, comprising:
- establishing communication between a telematics unit in the vehicle and a service provider;
determining a position of the vehicle;
identifying a location of an incident;
identifying an evacuation route toward a destination location, the evacuation route adapted to substantially avoid the incident; and
transmitting the evacuation route to the telematics unit.
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Abstract
A method for providing routing assistance to a vehicle in an emergency situation includes establishing communication between a telematics unit in the vehicle and a service provider, determining the position of the vehicle, and identifying the location of the incident. The method further includes identifying an evacuation route toward a destination location, where the evacuation route is adapted to substantially avoid the incident. The evacuation route is transmitted to the telematics unit.
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1. A method for providing routing assistance to a vehicle in an emergency situation, comprising:
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establishing communication between a telematics unit in the vehicle and a service provider; determining a position of the vehicle; identifying a location of an incident; identifying an evacuation route toward a destination location, the evacuation route adapted to substantially avoid the incident; and transmitting the evacuation route to the telematics unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing routing assistance to a vehicle in an emergency situation, comprising:
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identifying, at a service provider, a location of an incident; identifying, at the service provider, a general destination location; identifying, at the service provider, an egress route toward the general destination location, the egress route adapted to substantially avoid the incident; establishing communication between a telematics unit in the vehicle and the service provider; determining a position of the vehicle; identifying a destination location tailored to the position of the vehicle; identifying an evacuation route toward the destination location, the evacuation route adapted to substantially avoid the incident; and transmitting the evacuation route to the telematics unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing routing assistance to a vehicle in an emergency situation, comprising:
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an in-vehicle telematics unit; a location detection system in communication with the in-vehicle telematics unit, the location detection system configured to determine a position of the vehicle; a two-way radio-frequency communication system in communication with the telematics unit, whereby the telematics unit communicates with a service provider; and a notification system in communication with the telematics unit, the notification system configured to deliver an evacuation route, received by the telematics unit from the service provider, to a vehicle user via at least one of audio prompts, textual instructions, or combinations thereof; wherein the evacuation route is transmitted in response to identifying an incident and the vehicle'"'"'s position relative to the incident.
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