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System and method for automatically managing current draw from a telematics device in transit

  • US 8,738,225 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2011
  • Issued: 05/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing energy drawn from a vehicle battery, the method comprising:

  • configuring a non-transient computer readable medium at a telematics unit to cause the telematics unit to operate in a reduced energy consumption mode until the occurrence of a predetermined trigger and to operate in a higher energy consumption mode after occurrence of the trigger by adhering to computer executable instructions to ignore, while the vehicle is off and until the occurrence of the predetermined trigger, at least one of the group consisting of;

    an awake algorithm and awake parameters;

    shipping the vehicle towards a predetermined destination; and

    repeatedly checking, by the telematics unit, the location of the vehicle during the shipping;

    wherein the predetermined trigger is the telematics unit determining that the vehicle has entered a predetermined geographic space.

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