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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
John Sergakis, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Matthew Alan Schroeder, Plymouth, MI (US);
Kathleen S. McMahon, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Xi Ju, Troy, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method at a service facility for capturing vehicle state and service information (VSSI) is provided. The method includes: detecting the arrival of a vehicle at the service facility; initiating, by a processor at the service facility, the establishment of a secure communication link with the vehicle via an in-vehicle wi-fi hotspot; wirelessly retrieving, by the processor at the service facility from the vehicle, a subset of VSSI via the wi-fi hotspot, wherein the retrieved VSSI includes the subset of the VSSI that has changed since the last update of the VSSI to a cloud-based server and wherein the subset of the VSSI includes some, but not all of the VSSI; and scheduling a vehicle service based on service indications derived from the VSSI.