Method and system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle

• US 7,720,486 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2005
• Issued: 05/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Wang, Mingheng, Ross, Steven J., Chrumka, Edward P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Thanh C
• Application Number:
  US11/043,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20060166631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,938 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

A method and system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle includes receiving broadcast data at a telematics unit of the vehicle, sending the received broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via short range wireless connection, and providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device based on the received broadcast data. A computer usable medium with suitable computer program code is employed for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, at a telematics unit of the vehicle, i) GPS data from a GPS unit, and ii) a broadcast data transmission from a satellite radio broadcast system, the broadcast data transmission including broadcast data;

sending the GPS data and the broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via a short range wireless connection;

at the portable processing device, parsing the broadcast data based on the GPS data; and

providing at least one location-specific personalized service at the portable processing device, the at least one location-specific personalized service being based on the parsing of the broadcast data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving audio associated with the broadcast data; and

sending the audio to a mobile vehicle audio system simultaneously with displaying the broadcast data at the portable processing device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing at least one location-specific personalized service comprises:

providing a service application at the portable processing device;

filtering the received broadcast data at the portable processing device using the service application; and

modifying the received broadcast data based on the service application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the broadcast data content is received over at least one satellite broadcast channel.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a personal service data on the portable processing device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable processing device is selected from a group consisting of:

a personal digital device, a wireless device, a keypad, a smart phone, and a handheld computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the broadcast data is selected from the group consisting of:

a listening guide, a vehicle campaign guide, an advertising message, traffic information, weather information, movie information, audio information, and news information.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the personalized service is selected from the group consisting of:

a user-specific content guide, a vehicle campaign alert, a sales incentive, a traffic alert, a weather alert, a movie trailer, an audio promotion, and a local news report.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one personalized service includes an application update for the portable processing device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the broadcast data includes other data associated therewith, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, at the telematics unit, the broadcast data transmission including the broadcast data and the other data;

sending the broadcast data to a first portable processing device; and

sending the other data to a second portable processing device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the other data includes audio data.

12. A system for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, the system comprising:

means for receiving, at a telematics unit of the vehicle, i) GPS data from a GPS unit, and ii) a broadcast data transmission from a satellite radio broadcast system, the broadcast data transmission including broadcast data;

means for sending the GPS data and the broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via a short range wireless connection;

means for parsing, at the portable processing device, the broadcast data based on the GPS data; and

means for providing at least one location-specific personalized service at the portable processing device, the at least one location-specific personalized service being based on the parsing of the broadcast data.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

means for receiving audio associated with the broadcast data; and

means for sending the audio to a mobile vehicle audio system simultaneously with displaying the broadcast data at the portable processing device.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein providing at least one location-specific personalized service comprises:

means for providing a service application at the portable processing device;

means for filtering the received broadcast data at the portable processing device using the service application; and

means for modifying the received broadcast data based on the service application.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the broadcast data content is received over at least one satellite broadcast channel.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for storing a personal service data on the portable processing device.

17. A computer usable medium storing a computer program including computer program code for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, comprising:

computer program code for receiving, at a telematics unit of the vehicle, i) GPS data from a GPS unit, and ii) a broadcast data transmission from a satellite radio broadcast system, the broadcast data transmission including broadcast data;

computer program code for sending the GPS data and the broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via a short range wireless connection;

computer program code for parsing, at the portable processing device, the broadcast data based on the GPS data; and

computer program code for providing at least one location-specific personalized service at the portable processing device, the at least one location-specific personalized service being based on the parsing of the broadcast data.

18. The computer usable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

computer program code for receiving audio associated with the broadcast data; and

computer program code for sending the audio to a mobile vehicle audio system simultaneously with displaying the broadcast data at the portable processing device.

19. The computer usable medium of claim 17 wherein providing at least one personalized service comprises:

computer program code for providing a service application at the portable processing device;

computer program code for filtering the received broadcast data at the portable processing device using the service application; and

computer program code for modifying the received broadcast data based on the service application.

20. The computer usable medium of claim 17, further comprising computer program code for storing a personal service data on the portable processing device.

21. A method for providing personalized services to a mobile vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, at a satellite radio receiver, a broadcast data transmission from a satellite radio broadcast system, the broadcast data transmission including broadcast data;

sending the broadcast data from the satellite radio receiver to a telematics unit, whereby the telematics unit does not filter or modify the broadcast data;

forwarding the broadcast data from the telematics unit to a portable processing device via a short range wireless connection; and

providing at least one personalized service at the portable processing device based on the broadcast data.