WIRELESSLY PROVISIONING A VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT
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1. A method of wirelessly configuring vehicle electronics prior to delivery of the vehicle to a customer, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a notification at a central facility indicating that a vehicle has been delivered to a dealership;
(b) receiving a data message from a vehicle telematics unit installed on the vehicle while the vehicle is in a logistics mode (LM); and
(c) initiating provisioning of the vehicle telematics unit using the established data connection.
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Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly configuring vehicle electronics prior to delivery of the vehicle to a customer. The method carried out by the system includes (a) receiving a notification at a central facility indicating that a vehicle has been delivered to a dealership; (b) receiving a data message from a vehicle telematics unit installed on the vehicle while the vehicle is in a logistics mode (LM); and (c) terminating the logistics mode and/or initiating provisioning of the vehicle telematics unit using the established data connection.
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1. A method of wirelessly configuring vehicle electronics prior to delivery of the vehicle to a customer, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a notification at a central facility indicating that a vehicle has been delivered to a dealership; (b) receiving a data message from a vehicle telematics unit installed on the vehicle while the vehicle is in a logistics mode (LM); and (c) initiating provisioning of the vehicle telematics unit using the established data connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of wirelessly configuring vehicle electronics prior to delivery of the vehicle to a customer, comprising the steps of:
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(a) placing a manufactured vehicle into a logistics mode and initiating transportation of the vehicle to a dealership, wherein the logistics mode differs from a standard mode of the vehicle such that one or more vehicle system modules that are powered during an ignition OFF condition of the vehicle when in the normal mode are unpowered during the ignition OFF condition when in the logistics mode; (b) subsequently receiving from a vehicle telematics unit located at the vehicle a data message sent in response to a user-initiated event at the vehicle, the data message being received over a data connection; (c) determining based on the data message that the vehicle should be switched out of the logistics mode; and (d) sending a logistics mode termination command to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of wirelessly configuring vehicle electronics prior to delivery of the vehicle to a customer, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining that a vehicle in a logistics mode (LM) has been delivered to a vehicle dealership; (b) detecting a change in a logistics mode status at the vehicle; (c) generating a packet data message based on the detected change in logistics mode status using a vehicle telematics unit installed on the vehicle; and (d) sending the packet data message from the vehicle telematics unit to a central facility. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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