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Network event management support for vehicle wireless communication

  • US 9,444,892 B1
  • Filed: 05/05/2015
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating with telematics units in vehicles by a communication hub in a wireless communication service provider network that maintains communication state information about a plurality of telematics units, wherein the telematics unit communication states comprise an on-line state, an off-line state, and an off-line and out-of-wireless coverage state, comprising:

  • receiving a content message directed to a telematics unit by an event manager application executing on a server computer, wherein the telematics unit is an electronic device comprising a wireless communication transceiver and integrated into a motor vehicle;

    determining by the event manager application that the content message is a high priority message type;

    determining by the event manager application that the telematics unit is off-line and out-of-wireless-coverage; and

    responsive to determining that the content message is a high priority message type and to determining that the telematics unit is off-line and out-of-wireless-coverage, sending by the event manager application a wake-up message to the telematics unit,wherein the telematics unit, responsive to receiving the wake-up message, establishes a roaming data wireless communication link and receives the content message via the roaming data wireless communication link.

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