VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT DATA UPLOAD DEFERRAL
First Claim
1. A method for deferring a telematics data upload from a vehicle equipped with wireless telephony and wireless networking communications devices, comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting the availability of a connection to one or more wireless networks along with an associated time of day during which the connection is available;
(b) determining that a particular one of the one or more wireless networks is periodically available at a particular time of day;
(c) receiving a request to upload data from the vehicle to a central facility via a wireless telephony connection;
(d) delaying the data upload until the particular time of day; and
(e) uploading the data to the central facility via a wireless network connection to the particular wireless network determined in step (b).
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Abstract
A method for deferring a telematics data upload from a vehicle equipped with wireless telephony and wireless networking communications devices. The method steps include detecting the availability of a connection to one or more wireless networks along with an associated time of day during which the connection is available, determining that one of the one or more wireless networks is periodically available at a particular time of day, receiving a request to upload data from the vehicle to a central facility via a wireless telephony connection, delaying the data upload until the particular time of day, and uploading the data to the central facility via a wireless network connection to the previously determined particular wireless network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for deferring a telematics data upload from a vehicle equipped with wireless telephony and wireless networking communications devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting the availability of a connection to one or more wireless networks along with an associated time of day during which the connection is available; (b) determining that a particular one of the one or more wireless networks is periodically available at a particular time of day; (c) receiving a request to upload data from the vehicle to a central facility via a wireless telephony connection; (d) delaying the data upload until the particular time of day; and (e) uploading the data to the central facility via a wireless network connection to the particular wireless network determined in step (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for deferring a telematics data upload from a vehicle equipped with wireless telephony and wireless networking communications devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining the time, day, and location of a telematics unit each time the telematics unit wirelessly connects with a wireless network; (b) recording the time, day, and location information in a database; (c) analyzing the recordings to detect a connection periodicity; (d) determining whether a data transmission from the telematics unit to a central facility occurs within a time, day, and location range that corresponds to the detected connection periodicity; and (e) delaying the data transmission from the telematics unit to a call center, based on the determination, until the telematics unit connects to a wireless network associated with the connection periodicity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for deferring a telematics data upload from a vehicle equipped with wireless telephony and wireless networking communications devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting if a telematics unit connects to a wireless network; (b) if the telematics unit connects to the wireless network, recording time and day information corresponding to the connection; (c) inputting the information into a database; (d) recognizing particular wireless network connections that occur at substantially the same time and on the same day based at least in part on the information in the database; and (e) implementing a filter, based on the recognizing of particular wireless connections, that inhibits telematics data transmission until the telematics unit connects to a particular wireless network connection when the telematics unit is within a predetermined geographical area and temporal range. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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