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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Christopher L. Oesterling, Troy, MI (US);
Andrea K. Suurmeyer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William A. Douglass, Jr., Berkley, WI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher L. Oesterling, Troy, MI (US);
Andrea K. Suurmeyer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William A. Douglass, Jr., Berkley, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for locating a stolen vehicle includes the steps of receiving at least one stolen vehicle input associated with the stolen vehicle at a call center and assigning a first ping rate responsive to the input. An automated request is sent in accordance with the ping rate over a first predetermined time period from the call center to a telematics unit of the stolen vehicle using a wireless network.