Telematics Provisioning System for Deactivated Devices

• US 20120244816A1
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Yi, Ki Hak, Madhavan, Sethu K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,892,051 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

The disclosed invention provides a system and method for efficiently establishing a data call connection from a TSP call center to deactivated telematics units without a subscriber profile being in an HLR or VLR and without the use of a “500” number. An equipment identifier associated with a deactivated telematics unit may be delivered to the wireless network provider, and a calling line ID based on the equipment identifier and a common number for deactivated telematics units may be translated into a paging address through which the deactivated telematics unit may be paged. An appropriate paging strategy based on the network topology may be used to page the deactivated telematics unit and establish a data call connection with the deactivated telematics unit. The deactivated telematics unit may then be provisioned or perform or have performed on it other functions based on the data call connection.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a data call connection with a deactivated telematics unit over a network, the method comprising:

receiving, over the network, an equipment identifier associated with the deactivated telematics unit;

generating a paging address based on the equipment identifier;

paging, over the network, the deactivated telematics unit at the paging address; and

connecting a data call to the deactivated telematics unit based on the paging.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the equipment identifier is one of a mobile equipment identifier (MEID), electronic serial number (ESN), or international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI).

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the deactivated telematics unit is associated with a common number, wherein the common number is one of a common MIN (Mobile ID Number), a common MDN (Mobile Directory Number) and a common MSISDN, IMSI (Mobile Subscriber ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Number and International Mobile Subscriber Identity) assigned to multiple deactivated telematics units.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the paging address is generated from a CLID (Calling Line ID), wherein the CLID includes the equipment identifier and the common number.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the paging address is generated by translating the CLID into the paging address and paging address type via at least one of GTT (Global Title Translation), IS41-MAP (US Telecoms Industry Association Interim Standard 41 Mobile Application Part), and GSM-MAP (Global System for Mobile Communications Mobile Application Part) protocols.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the equipment identifier is received via at least one of SS7 (Signaling System Number 7) over IP (Internet Protocol), Softswitch, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) over IP, and ENUM (E.164 Number Mapping) protocols.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein paging the deactivated telematics unit at the paging address is performed in accordance with a paging strategy, wherein the paging strategy is based on the topography of the network.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the paging strategy requires one of:

paging a MSC-wide (Mobile Switching Center) area, paging a NID-wide (Network Identifier) area, paging a SID-wide (System Identifier) area, executing a Regional Global paging strategy, executing a Carrier Global paging strategy, and executing a Multiple Carrier Global paging strategy.

9. The method according to claim 3, wherein the data call is billed according to a billing process corresponding to the common number.

10. The method according to claim 1, further including using the data call to provision the deactivated telematics unit such that the deactivated telematics unit is activated.

11. A method for establishing a data call connection with a deactivated telematics unit over a network, the method comprising:

sending, at the deactivated telematics unit, information relating to the location of the deactivated telematics unit to the network;

receiving, at the deactivated telematics unit, a page notifying the deactivated telematics unit of an attempt to establish a data call connection with the deactivated telematics unit, wherein the page is received over the network according to a paging strategy based on the location of the deactivated telematics unit previously sent; and

responding, at the deactivated telematics unit, to the received page such that a data call connection with the deactivated telematics unit is established.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the location of the deactivated telematics unit is updated on at least one of a HLR (Home Location Register) and a VLR (Visitor Location Register) part of the network based on the information sent by the deactivated telematics unit.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the paging strategy is based on a topography of the network.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the paging strategy requires one of:

paging a MSC-wide (Mobile Switching Center) area, paging a NID-wide (Network Identifier) area, paging a SID-wide (System Identifier) area, executing a Regional Global paging strategy, executing a Carrier Global paging strategy, and executing a Multiple Carrier Global paging strategy.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the received page is routed based on a paging address, wherein the paging address is generated based on a common number and an equipment identifier associated with the deactivated telematics unit, wherein the common number is assigned to multiple deactivated telematics units.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the equipment identifier is one of a mobile equipment identifier (MEID), an electronic serial number (ESN) or international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI), and the common number is one of a common MIN (Mobile ID Number), a common MDN (Mobile Directory Number) and a common MSISDN, IMSI (Mobile Subscriber ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Number and International Mobile Subscriber Identity).

17. A system for establishing a data call connection with a deactivated telematics unit over a network, the system comprising:

a deactivated telematics unit, adapted to receive and respond to a page over the network; and

one or more network routing components adapted to receive a data call connection request from a telematics service provider (TSP) call center, to determine a paging address for the deactivated telematics unit, to route a page to the deactivated telematics unit using the paging address, and to connect the TSP call center with the deactivated telematics unit, the TSP call center being adapted to send a data call connection request to the network and communicate with the deactivated telematics unit over the data call connection.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the network routing components are further adapted to determine a paging strategy to route the page to the deactivated telematics unit based on the network topography.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the network routing components include mobile switching centers (MSCs) and at least one home location register (HLR) and visitor location register (VLR) associated with at least one MSC.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the deactivated telematics unit is associated with a common number for deactivated telematics units and an equipment identifier, and the paging address is determined based on the equipment identifier and the common number.