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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Steven C. Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Steven P. Schwinke, Plymouth, MI (US);
Steven C. Tengler, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Steven P. Schwinke, Plymouth, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for updating an electronic calendar in a vehicle involves uploading an appointment to the electronic calendar, where the appointment includes a description of an event, a time block for the event, and a travel time preceding the time block. An alert is set in a telematics unit of the vehicle, where the alert notifies a vehicle occupant of the appointment. The alert is configured to be activated in response to a trigger. At a time subsequent to the time block of the event, one of i) a memo is uploaded to the electronic calendar indicating that the alert was activated, or ii) another memo is uploaded to the electronic calendar indicating that the alert was not activated.