SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING USE OF A SINGLE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE BY MULTIPLE USERS
Granted: February 3, 2011
Application Number:
20110028123
A system for facilitating the use of a single telecommunication device by multiple users is disclosed herein. The system includes, but is not limited to, a telecommunication component that is adapted for attachment to a vehicle and that is configured to utilize a telecommunication network that is configured to allot a predetermined amount of usage time units to the telecommunication component. The system also includes an electronic processing device that is associated with the…
MICROPHONE APPARATUS WITH INCREASED DIRECTIVITY
Granted: February 3, 2011
Application Number:
20110026753
A microphone assembly includes a housing including at least one first tube in communication with at least one first cavity, at least one second tube in communication with at least one second cavity, one third tube in communication with at least one third cavity, and at least one microphone element separating the first, second and third cavities, wherein sound waves are received in the first, second, and third tubes and directed into the cavities and received by the microphone element. A…
System and Method for Managing Geographical Maplet Downloads for a Vehicle to Support Stop Sign Violation Assist and Similar Applications
Granted: January 20, 2011
Application Number:
20110015854
A method is provided for managing map data for intersections having stop sign indicators. A request is initiated for turn-by-turn navigation instructions for a destination from a vehicle to an infrastructure. A turn-by-turn navigation maplet is transmitted from the infrastructure to the vehicle. A geographical region associated with the received turn-by-turn navigation maplet is identified. A determination is made whether stop sign locations already retained within a memory of the…
METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION TO AN ADVISOR AT A CALL CENTER
Granted: January 13, 2011
Application Number:
20110010389
A method is disclosed herein for presenting information to an advisor at a call center. The method includes, but is not limited to, displaying basic vehicle information to the advisor regarding a remotely located vehicle. The method further includes presenting the advisor with an option to obtain additional vehicle information regarding the remotely located vehicle. The method further includes automatically obtaining the additional vehicle information from multiple data storage…
Singular Value Decomposition for Improved Voice Recognition in Presence of Multi-Talker Background Noise
Granted: January 13, 2011
Application Number:
20110010171
A system and method for providing speech recognition functionality offers improved accuracy and robustness in noisy environments having multiple speakers. The described technique includes receiving speech energy and converting the received speech energy to a digitized form. The digitized speech energy is decomposed into features that are then projected into a feature space having multiple speaker subspaces. The projected features fall either into one of the multiple speaker subspaces or…
LOCATION BASED SERVICES PRIVACY KEY
Granted: January 6, 2011
Application Number:
20110001638
A method for controlling location-based services for a vehicle that includes establishing a user-selected location-based service preference for a vehicle, linking a portable privacy key to the vehicle, communicating the presence of the portable privacy key from the vehicle to a call center, sending the user-selected location-based service preference from the call center to the vehicle, and activating at least one location-based service in response to linking of the portable privacy key…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROUTE GUIDANCE TO A REQUESTING VEHICLE
Granted: December 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100332113
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a recommended route, based, in part, on fuel consumption, to a requesting vehicle using data collected from other vehicles. The system includes, but is not limited, to a communication system that is configured to receive vehicle data from a plurality of vehicles. A data storage system is in communication with the communication system and is configured to store the vehicle data as compiled vehicle data. A processor is in communication with…
APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PISTON ON A SHAFT OVER A LIP SEAL
Granted: December 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100325856
A method and apparatus for installing a piston over a lip seal on a shaft includes a cylinder or primary force and a weight member or secondary force. The primary force and secondary force are coupled by a resilient member, which will permit the secondary force to retract from the assembly process when the force needed to complete the assembly is above a predetermined value.
VEHICLE TELEMATICS COMMUNICATION FOR GENERATING ROAD ROUTING INFORMATIION
Granted: October 7, 2010
Application Number:
20100256903
A system and method for generating road routing information and using that information in providing navigation services to drivers. The method involves collecting off-route data indicative of occurrences of vehicles deviating from a planned route. Clusters of related off-route occurrences can then be identified based on the off-route data, and for each of at least some of the clusters, a road condition (e.g., closed, new, shifted, congested) is determined based on attributes of the…
FIRST-RESPONDER NOTIFICATION FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES
Granted: October 7, 2010
Application Number:
20100256859
A method for notifying parties in close proximity to a vehicle of a potential vehicle hazard includes detecting that the vehicle has been in a collision, determining the type of propulsion system used by the vehicle, generating a warning or other notification relating to the propulsion system, and communicating the notification to a party located within a predetermined range of the vehicle. Communication of the notification can be carried out by renaming the telematics unit with a device…
Restoring Connectivity To A Desubscribed Telematics Unit
Granted: September 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100248695
Aspects of the invention include a method and system for restoring connectivity from a telematics service provider to a desubscribed telematics unit, and therefore, restored a capability of providing telematics services to a vehicle owner. A vehicle owner with a lapsed subscription and a desubscribed telematics unit installed in his vehicle may have the need to request certain telematics services from the telematics service provider. Aspects of the invention provide for a vehicle owner…
Mobile ESN for XM Radio Receivers
Granted: September 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100251349
A system and method for enabling authorized satellite radio access allows users with multiple vehicles to move their radio subscription from one authorized vehicle to another without having to hold two separate subscriptions. In an embodiment of the invention, an XM receiver includes a portable media input, and the XM receiver is programmed to read for the presence of a USB device, SD card, or other peripheral media device containing an authorization code linked to the electronic serial…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A USER REQUEST
Granted: September 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100246798
A method for determining a user request involves receiving an image at a call center and generating a mathematical representation associated with the image. The method further includes using the image mathematical representation and a pre-selected image mathematical representation (previously associated with an action) to identify a user request that is associated with the image. Also disclosed herein is a system for accomplishing the same.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EMERGENCY CALLS
Granted: September 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100246781
A system and method for managing emergency calls are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving an emergency related call at a call center, and during the emergency related call, retrieving information related to i) a type of incident being reported, ii) a location of the incident being reported, and iii) a description of the incident being reported. A public safety answering point to notify of the incident is identified, where such identification is based upon at least some of the…
Unit Configuration/Reactivation Through VDU Services
Granted: September 30, 2010
Application Number:
20100245122
A system and method for activating an inactive telematics unit provides a group of communications functions to the telematics unit. Initially, a call is received at a call center from a user of the telematics unit, through which subscriber information is obtained. An account data set is created at the call center based on the subscriber information and the call center advisor sets an activation trigger in the telematics unit. When the trigger condition occurs, the telematics unit places…
PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES
Granted: September 23, 2010
Application Number:
20100237736
A permanent magnet machine includes a rotor and a stator including plurality of stator pole sections. Each stator pole section comprises a core section having an inner end piece disposed adjacent to the core section, the inner end piece comprising a first magnetic material that is adapted to saturate during exposure to a first magnetic field strength, and an outer end piece disposed adjacent to the core section radially outwardly relative to the inner end piece, the outer end piece…
METHOD OF GENERATING VEHICLE NOISE
Granted: September 9, 2010
Application Number:
20100228434
A method of generating vehicle noise includes recognizing a geographic location requiring a minimum operating noise level of the vehicle, and notifying the telematics unit operatively associated with the vehicle that a then-current location of the vehicle coincides with the recognized geographic location. When the telematics unit is notified, the method further includes triggering a noise generator to generate an amount of noise external to the vehicle, where the generated noise is…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN EMERGENCY LEVEL OF A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT
Granted: September 2, 2010
Application Number:
20100219944
A method for estimating an emergency level of a vehicular accident includes detecting an event associated with the vehicular accident, initiating a video recording of an interior and/or exterior of the vehicle in response to the detecting of the event, uploading the video recording on a remotely accessible page, and reviewing the uploaded video recording to estimate the emergency level of the vehicular accident. Also disclosed herein is a system for accomplishing the same.
METHOD OF SECURING AND AUTHENTICATING DATA USING MICRO-CERTIFICATES
Granted: August 12, 2010
Application Number:
20100202616
A method of securing wireless communications includes storing a recipient's micro-certificate at a vehicle, a call center, or a certificate authority, transmitting the micro-certificate from its place of storage, extracting the public key from the micro-certificate, encrypting the vehicle communication using the public key, transmitting the encrypted vehicle communication to the recipient, and decrypting the vehicle communication using a private key after receiving the vehicle…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING A MOBILE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
Granted: July 29, 2010
Application Number:
20100190493
A system for correcting or updating a mobile identification number in a cellular telephone portion of a telematics unit installed in a vehicle allows service providers to resolve duplicate entries. A wireless service provider stores a triplicate entry in their HLR for cellular telephones associated with a number of telematics unit. The triplicate entry includes a MDN, a MIN, and an ESN. If a telematics unit's triplicate entry is an invalid combination, resulting, e.g., in call failure,…
