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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:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Denis R. Burke, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel E. Rudman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Keith A. Fry, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Shane M. McCutchen, Howell, MI (US);
Matthew N. Hovey, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for associating vehicles en route to a common destination. A request is received from a first vehicle as to an identification of one or more additional vehicles en route to the common destination. The first vehicle is associated with the additional vehicles as part of a caravan. Information is provided as to each of the vehicles in the caravan.