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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:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Anthony J. Sumcad, Southfield, MI (US);
Hitan S. Kamdar, Utica, MI (US);
Inventors:
Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Anthony J. Sumcad, Southfield, MI (US);
Hitan S. Kamdar, Utica, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Company, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of tracking short-range wireless communication in a vehicle. The method includes tracking a total usage time of a short-range wireless connection between a telematics unit and a portable wireless communication device, sending the tracked total usage time from the telematics unit to a call center via a wireless connection and generating a usage bill at the call center based on the total usage time.