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Method for resetting a non-responsive mobile unit then-currently occupying a cellular traffic channel of a wireless network

  • US 8,195,144 B2
  • Filed: 04/07/2010
  • Issued: 06/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for resetting a non-responsive telematics unit operatively disposed in a mobile vehicle, the telematics unit then-currently occupying a cellular traffic channel of a wireless network, the method comprising:

  • recognizing, at a call center, that the telematics unit is in a non-responsive state that is occupying a voice channel of the cellular traffic channel;

    over the cellular traffic channel, establishing a wireless data connection between the telematics unit and the call center;

    transmitting a data message to the telematics unit from the call center via the wireless data connection, the data message including at least a command to reset the telematics unit; and

    in response to receiving the data message from the call center, resetting the telematics unit via a protocol initiated by a processor operatively associated with the telematics unit.

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