Method and system for sending information from a user device to a car
First Claim
1. A method for sending a meeting request to a device in a vehicle, comprising;
- receiving a meeting request and information message sent from a user device remote from the vehicle to an intended subscriber device in the vehicle;
comparing a subscriber unique identifier included in the received meeting request and information message with a subscriber identifier field in a subscriber database;
retrieving an intended subscriber record from the subscriber database having information in the subscriber identifier field corresponding to the unique identifier included in the received meeting request and information message, wherein the intended subscriber record includes a vehicle device address of the device in the vehicle;
transmitting request information included in the meeting request and information message to the vehicle device address; and
receiving from the intended subscriber device a request for notifications of one, or more, meeting request and information messages that user devices remote from the vehicle may have sent;
wherein the step of transmitting, the request and related information included in the meeting request and information message to the intended vehicle device address includes queuing the request and related information until receipt of the request for notifications, transmitting notifications of meeting request and information messages that user devices remote from the vehicle may have sent; and
receiving a request message from the device in the vehicle for meeting requests and related information corresponding to one of the notifications of meeting request and information messages that user devices remote from the vehicle may have sent.
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Abstract
A telematics server manages meeting request messages sent from, and to, a vehicle-coupled device. The server performs authentication services when a subscriber logs in to the server from the vehicle-coupled device, or with a device associated with the subscriber'"'"'s telematics services account. Upon login, the server may append a session identifier to the request message. After the message passes through the server, an application running on a device remote from the vehicle receives the request message and accepts user input that permits the remote device to transmit its current location to the vehicle-coupled device in a confirmation message according to the session identifier. The telematics server can use the session identifier to determine the destination address of the vehicle-coupled device to forward the confirmation message to. The vehicle-coupled device displays the remote user device location on a map. The request and confirmation messages may include a media content file.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for sending a meeting request to a device in a vehicle, comprising;
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receiving a meeting request and information message sent from a user device remote from the vehicle to an intended subscriber device in the vehicle; comparing a subscriber unique identifier included in the received meeting request and information message with a subscriber identifier field in a subscriber database; retrieving an intended subscriber record from the subscriber database having information in the subscriber identifier field corresponding to the unique identifier included in the received meeting request and information message, wherein the intended subscriber record includes a vehicle device address of the device in the vehicle; transmitting request information included in the meeting request and information message to the vehicle device address; and receiving from the intended subscriber device a request for notifications of one, or more, meeting request and information messages that user devices remote from the vehicle may have sent; wherein the step of transmitting, the request and related information included in the meeting request and information message to the intended vehicle device address includes queuing the request and related information until receipt of the request for notifications, transmitting notifications of meeting request and information messages that user devices remote from the vehicle may have sent; and
receiving a request message from the device in the vehicle for meeting requests and related information corresponding to one of the notifications of meeting request and information messages that user devices remote from the vehicle may have sent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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