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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Anthony J. Sumcad, Southfield, MI (US);
Elizabeth Chesnutt, Troy, MI (US);
Kevin R. Krause, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, CA;
Anthony J. Sumcad, Southfield, MI (US);
Elizabeth Chesnutt, Troy, MI (US);
Kevin R. Krause, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, CA;
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A timing control method for use with wireless communications involving telematics-equipped vehicles. The timing control method generally determines a temporally-distributed sequence of message response times for a group of telematics-equipped vehicles, and then includes these different response times in wireless messages that are sent to the vehicles. In reply, the vehicles use the various message response times to respond in an apportioned or distributed fashion that generally correlates with the temporally-distributed sequence; instead of all at once. In another disclosed method, the response times are determined at each vehicle itself. The methods can be used for requesting data from vehicles via SMS messages.