Vehicle message addressing
First Claim
1. A method of vehicle message addressing, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, from a manufacturer, at least one targeted message intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein each subscriber of the predetermined subset of subscribers is associated with a vehicle that comprises a specific vehicle identification number;
assigning the received at least one targeted message to a predetermined channel for transmission over a satellite or communications network; and
encoding an address of the received at least one targeted message to address the predetermined subset of subscribers by encoding the address with at least a portion of a first vehicle identification number, the portion corresponding to a plurality of vehicle identification numbers, said plurality of vehicle identification numbers including the specific vehicle identification number of each vehicle of the predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein the encoding is performed by addressing the at least one targeted message to at least one of a single vehicle identification number, multiple vehicle identification numbers using wildcards, a plurality of vehicle identification numbers using the range of addresses, and a combination of a vehicle identification number and hardware identification number.
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Abstract
A vehicle messaging method (600) and system (100) can include any number of data sources (101-103), an interface (104) that formats messages and addresses from the data sources, and a corresponding number of messaging servers (111-113) that receive targeted messages intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers associated with a vehicle identification number (VIN). Each messaging server can include a corresponding controller (121-123) programmed to assign (604) targeted messages to a predetermined channel and encode (606) the addresses of the targeted messages to the predetermined subset of subscribers using a VIN or portion thereof. The controller can be further programmed to transfer (608) the targeted messages and addresses to a satellite uplink (107) and satellite (110) via a messaging uplink interface (106) for retransmission and reception by a plurality of selective call receivers 109 addressable individually using a predetermined VIN or portion thereof.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of vehicle message addressing, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, from a manufacturer, at least one targeted message intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein each subscriber of the predetermined subset of subscribers is associated with a vehicle that comprises a specific vehicle identification number;
assigning the received at least one targeted message to a predetermined channel for transmission over a satellite or communications network; and
encoding an address of the received at least one targeted message to address the predetermined subset of subscribers by encoding the address with at least a portion of a first vehicle identification number, the portion corresponding to a plurality of vehicle identification numbers, said plurality of vehicle identification numbers including the specific vehicle identification number of each vehicle of the predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein the encoding is performed by addressing the at least one targeted message to at least one of a single vehicle identification number, multiple vehicle identification numbers using wildcards, a plurality of vehicle identification numbers using the range of addresses, and a combination of a vehicle identification number and hardware identification number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- receiving, from a manufacturer, at least one targeted message intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein each subscriber of the predetermined subset of subscribers is associated with a vehicle that comprises a specific vehicle identification number;
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