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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Lisa Reynolds, Northville, MI (US);
Francis Luk, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mounir Hider, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Sukhwinder Wadhwa, Windsor, CA;
Lisa Reynolds, Northville, MI (US);
Francis Luk, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mounir Hider, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Sukhwinder Wadhwa, Windsor, CA;
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A satellite radio system may include at least one computing device configured to receive a transaction date associated with a vehicle, to determine a preactivation duration based on the date, and to determine whether the preactivation duration exceeds a predetermined time period. The at least one computing device may be further configured to initiate the transmission of deactivation information for a satellite radio module in the vehicle if the preactivation duration exceeds the predetermined time period to disable the module from playing satellite broadcast signals.