Subscription expiration notification date

• US 7,356,304 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2003
• Issued: 04/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Zoeckler, Dennis L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gesesse; Tilahun
• Application Number:
  US10/716,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20050107035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,602 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.01, 455/3.02, 455/3.04, 455/3.06, 455/3.05, 455/427, 455/132, 455/142
• US Class Current: 455/3.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/15 on receiving information

Abstract

A system and method for providing subscription service notification at a mobile digital radio device is described. The method includes determining a digital radio subscription service expiration notice, communicating the subscription service expiration notice to a mobile digital radio receiver, storing a received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver, and providing the stored expiration notice to a user. A computer readable medium having computer readable code for determining a digital radio subscription service expiration notice is also provided. Computer readable code for directing the communication of the subscription service expiration notice to a mobile digital radio receiver, computer readable code for storing a received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver; and computer readable code for providing the stored expiration notice to a user are stored to the computer readable medium.

Claims

1. A method for providing subscription service expiration notification at a mobile digital radio device comprising:

receiving a digital radio subscription service expiration notice containing a subscription service expiration date at a mobile digital radio receiver;

storing the received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver; and

providing the subscription service expiration date to a user, wherein providing the subscription service expiration date to a user comprises providing the subscription service expiration date to an interface device selected from the group consisting of a display device and a voice synthesis device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

activating the digital radio receiver responsive to receiving the expiration notice.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

deactivating the digital radio receiver based on the expiration notice.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a digital radio subscription notice by performing steps including:

receiving subscription service enrollment data;

associating the enrollment data with a unique radio identification code; and

defining a digital radio subscription service expiration date based on the enrollment data and the unique radio identification code.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the enrollment data is selected from the group consisting of:

customer billing data, unique cryptographic code data, and subscription service data.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising communicating a subscription service expiration notice to a mobile digital radio receiver by performing steps including:

providing the subscription notice to a satellite broadcasting system; and

transmitting the subscription notice to the mobile digital radio receiver via the satellite broadcasting system.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the subscription notice is provided to the broadcast system responsive to a determination that a subscription service associated with a unique digital radio receiver has been renewed.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein storing the received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver comprises:

determining if updated expiration notice data has been received; and

storing the updated expiration notice data responsive to a determination that the expiration notice data is updated.

9. A system for providing subscription service expiration notification at a mobile digital radio device comprising:

means for receiving a subscription service expiration notice containing a subscription service expiration date at a mobile digital radio receiver;

means for storing the received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver; and

means for providing the subscription service expiration date to a user via a user interface device selected from the group consisting of a display device and a voice synthesis device.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

means for activating the digital radio receiver responsive to receiving the expiration notice.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

means for deactivating the digital radio receiver based on the expiration notice.

12. A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable code for implementing a method for providing subscription service expiration notification at a mobile digital radio device comprising instructions for:

receiving a digital radio subscription service expiration notice containing a subscription service expiration date at a mobile digital radio receiver;

storing the received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver; and

providing the subscription service expiration date to a user, wherein providing the expiration notice to a user comprises providing the subscription service expiration notice to an interface device selected from the group consisting of a display device and a voice synthesis device.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for:

activating the digital radio receiver responsive to receiving the expiration notice.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the instructions for storing the received expiration notice at the digital radio receiver further comprise instructions for:

determining if updated expiration notice data has been received; and

storing the updated expiration notice data responsive to a determination that the expiration notice data is updated.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising instructions for:

deactivating the digital radio receiver based on the expiration notice.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for determining a digital radio subscription notice by performing steps including:

receiving subscription service enrollment data;

associating the enrollment data with a unique radio identification code; and

defining a digital radio subscription service expiration date based on the enrollment data and the unique radio identification code.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the enrollment data is selected from the group consisting of:

customer billing data, unique cryptographic code data, and subscription service data.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions for communicating a subscription service expiration notice to a mobile digital radio receiver by performing steps including:

providing the subscription notice to a satellite broadcasting system;

transmitting the subscription notice to the mobile digital radio receiver via the satellite broadcasting system; and

receiving the subscription notice at the mobile digital radio receiver.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18 wherein the subscription notice is provided to the broadcast system responsive to a determination that a subscription service associated with a unique digital radio receiver has been renewed.