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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
May. 24, 2004
Gary A. Watkins, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Thomas P. Grau, Rochester, MI (US);
Gary A. Watkins, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Thomas P. Grau, Rochester, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics device within a mobile vehicle communication system. The method includes generating at least one personal route profile, comparing predetermined GPS hotspots to the personal route profiles, detecting real-time traffic updates associated with the predetermined GPS hotspots, identifying GPS hotspots corresponding to the personal route profile and based on the real-time traffic updates, and providing information relating to selected identified GPS hotspots based on the real-time traffic updates. The personal route profile may be generated from a user interface. The predetermined GPS hotspots may be created based on user interface input. The selected GPS hotspots may include all identified GPS hotspots within a predetermined geographic area of the personal route profile. The selected GPS hotspots may include GPS hotspots in the forward path of a vehicle including the telematics device.