TELEMATICS UNIT AND MOBILE DEVICE PAIRING WITH MISSING DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for notifying a user of telematics services that a vehicle is being operated in an exception state relating to lack of detection of a mobile device previously paired with a telematics unit of the vehicle (paired mobile device), the method comprising:
- activating a configurable device pairing program module associated with a short-range wireless unit of the telematics unit when a triggering condition is satisfied;
determining, using the configurable device pairing program module and short-range wireless unit, whether the paired mobile device is within range of the short-range wireless unit; and
in response to a determination that the paired mobile device is not within range of the short-range wireless unit, providing a notification to the paired mobile device that the vehicle is being operated in the exception state that is based, at least in part, upon the paired mobile device not being detected during the determining step, and providing an in-vehicle notification that the paired mobile device is not present, wherein the in-vehicle notification is provided through a human-machine interface HMI of the vehicle.
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Abstract
The described method and system provide for forgotten phone notification and vehicle theft notification. A method includes: activating a configurable device pairing program module associated with a short-range wireless unit of the telematics unit when a triggering condition is satisfied; determining, using the configurable device pairing program module and short-range wireless unit, whether the paired mobile device is within range of the short-range wireless unit; and providing, in response to a determination that the paired mobile device is not within range of the short-range wireless unit, a notification to the paired mobile device that the vehicle is being operated in the exception state that is based, at least in part, upon the paired mobile device not being detected during the determining step.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for notifying a user of telematics services that a vehicle is being operated in an exception state relating to lack of detection of a mobile device previously paired with a telematics unit of the vehicle (paired mobile device), the method comprising:
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activating a configurable device pairing program module associated with a short-range wireless unit of the telematics unit when a triggering condition is satisfied; determining, using the configurable device pairing program module and short-range wireless unit, whether the paired mobile device is within range of the short-range wireless unit; and in response to a determination that the paired mobile device is not within range of the short-range wireless unit, providing a notification to the paired mobile device that the vehicle is being operated in the exception state that is based, at least in part, upon the paired mobile device not being detected during the determining step, and providing an in-vehicle notification that the paired mobile device is not present, wherein the in-vehicle notification is provided through a human-machine interface HMI of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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6. (canceled)
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10. A telematics unit having a short-range wireless unit and a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions for notifying a user of telematics services that a vehicle is being operated in an exception state relating to lack of detection of a mobile device previously paired with a telematics unit of the vehicle (paired mobile device) stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to perform the steps of:
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activating a configurable device pairing program module associated with a short-range wireless unit of the telematics unit when a triggering condition is satisfied; determining, using the configurable device pairing program module and short-range wireless unit, whether the paired mobile device is within range of the short-range wireless unit; and in response to a determination that the paired mobile device is not within range of the short-range wireless unit, providing a notification to the paired mobile device that the vehicle is being operated in the exception state that is based, at least in part, upon the paired mobile device not being detected during the determining step, and providing an in-vehicle notification that the paired mobile device is not present, wherein the in-vehicle notification is provided through a human-machine interface (HMI) of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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15. (canceled)
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20. A method for notifying users of telematics services that a vehicle is being operated in an exception state relating to lack of detection of mobile devices previously paired with a telematics unit of the vehicle (paired mobile devices), the method comprising:
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activating a configurable device pairing program module associated with a short-range wireless unit of the telematics unit when a triggering condition is satisfied; determining, using the configurable device pairing program module and short-range wireless unit, whether a first paired mobile device or a second paired mobile device is within range of the short-range wireless unit, wherein both the first and second paired mobile devices are classified as primary mobile devices; and in response to a determination that neither of the first and second paired mobile device is within range of the short-range wireless unit, providing a notification to both the first and second paired mobile devices that the vehicle is being operated in the exception state that is based, at least in part, upon neither of the first and second paired mobile devices being detected during the determining step. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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