PROVIDING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING A VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT AND A MOBILE DEVICE
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1. A method for providing a communication about a potential vehicular crash via a vehicle telematics unit and a personal mobile device, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a notification of a potential vehicular crash from a personal mobile device located at the vehicle;
(b) confirming the occurrence of the crash by the vehicle telematics unit; and
(c) providing a wireless communication about the crash to one or more parties.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a communication about a potential vehicular crash via a vehicle telematics unit and a personal mobile device. In one embodiment, the method carried out by the system receives a notification of a potential vehicular crash from a personal mobile device located at the vehicle. Then, the method confirms the occurrence of the crash by the vehicle telematics unit. Later, the method provides a wireless communication about the crash to one or more parties.
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1. A method for providing a communication about a potential vehicular crash via a vehicle telematics unit and a personal mobile device, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a notification of a potential vehicular crash from a personal mobile device located at the vehicle; (b) confirming the occurrence of the crash by the vehicle telematics unit; and (c) providing a wireless communication about the crash to one or more parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing a communication about a potential vehicular crash via a vehicle telematics unit and a personal mobile device, comprising the steps of:
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(a) monitoring for any vehicular crash via a personal mobile device located at the vehicle; (b) detecting a shock event by the mobile device; (c) determining that a potential vehicular crash has occurred based on the detected event; (d) establishing short range wireless communication between the mobile device and the vehicle telematics unit; (e) sending a notification about the potential vehicular crash from the mobile device to the vehicle telematics unit via the established short range wireless communication; (f) accessing data from one or more vehicle system modules concerning the potential vehicular crash; (g) confirming the vehicular crash using the accessed data; (h) obtaining vehicular crash data by the vehicle telematics unit; (i) providing the vehicular crash data to the mobile device from the vehicle telematics unit via the established short range wireless communication; and (j) performing an emergency wireless communication to one or more parties. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A telematics unit for using with a personal mobile device to provide a communication about a potential vehicular crash, wherein the vehicle telematics unit includes a processor and computer readable memory that contains instructions that are executed by the processor to carry out the following steps:
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(a) receiving a notification of a potential vehicular crash from a personal mobile device located at the vehicle; (b) confirming the occurrence of the crash by the vehicle telematics unit; and (c) providing a wireless communication about the crash to one or more parties. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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