Telematic service procedure

• US 7,496,354 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2004
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Steingruebner, Mihai
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah; Melur
• Application Number:
  US10/846,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20050255834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• Field of Search: 379 37- 45, 379/93.23, 379/90, 379/93.05, 379/93.08, 379/100.17, 455/414.1, 455/432.2, 455/426.1, 455/445, 701/213, 701/301
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A telematic service procedure includes first establishing a connection with a voice call a service center, and then determining whether a digital or analog network status is to be used during the establishment of a connection.

Claims

1. A telematic service procedure, comprising the acts of:

establishing a connection with a voice call to a service center;

determining in a telematics control unit whether a digital or analog network is to be used during the establishment of a connection for transfer of data to the service center;

classifying in the telematics control unit available network standards;

determining, based on the digital or analog network status and the classified available network standards, a transmission protocol to be used for data transfer; and

transmitting data using the determined transmission protocol on the determined network.

2. The telematic service procedure of claim 1, wherein the available network standards include a digital network with available data service, a digital network without data service, and an analog network.

3. The telematic service procedure of claim 2, wherein when the determined network is a digital network, first using a telematic protocol sequence for a digital network with available data service.

4. The telematic service procedure of claim 3, further comprising the act of:

making an inquiry to the digital network to identify the available network standards.

5. The telematic service procedure of claim 4, further comprising the act of:

analyzing a response from the digital network to the inquiry, and

determining whether data service is available.

6. The telematic service procedure of claim 5, further comprising the act of:

in the case of a digital network with available data service, implementing standard transmission according to the Global Automotive Telematics Standard protocol.

7. The telematic service procedure of claim 5, further comprising the act of:

in the case of a digital network without data service, after expiration of a predetermined time period, making a data transmission request from the service center over the voice call,

wherein the predetermined time period is started when the service center receives the voice call.

8. The telematic service procedure of claim 5, further comprising the act of:

in the case of an analog network, starting a data transmission to the service center via a modem connection over the voice call using the MEMS telematic protocol.