Method and system for flexible discontinuous receive management in a telematics system

• US 7,016,771 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2004
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Oesterling, Christopher L., Watkins, Gary A., Stefan, Jeffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US10/837,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20050246080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles

Abstract

A method for flexible discontinuous receive management for telematics includes monitoring vehicle usage parameters and altering discontinuous receive behavior responsive to said monitored vehicle usage parameters. In an example, the method improves communication opportunity to vehicles that are inactive, to allow telematics operation in circumstances where the operation would have been delayed or even not possible.

Claims

1. A method for flexible discontinuous receive management in a telematics system comprising the steps of:

monitoring vehicle usage;

altering a discontinuous receive behavior responsive to said monitored vehicle usage.

2. The method of claim 1 also comprising the step of creating a plurality of data records of the monitored vehicle usage, wherein the step of altering is responsive to the data record.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of altering comprises changing a discontinuous receive state from a first state to a second state responsive to monitored vehicle usage.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of creating a data record of the monitored vehicle usage is comprised of:

recording vehicle ignition cycle patterns;

observing telematics subscriber behavior; and

examining telematics subscriber profile information.

5. The method of claim 2 also comprising the step of creating a plurality of ignition anticipation data records.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the ignition anticipation data records represent a pattern of vehicle ignition cycles.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the observed telematics subscriber behavior comprises a history of subscriber calls requesting door unlocks.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein examined subscriber profile information comprises subscriber vehicle usage preferences.

9. A system for flexible discontinuous receive management in a telematics system comprising:

means for monitoring vehicle usage;

means for altering a discontinuous receive behavior responsive to said monitored vehicle usage.