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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Timm, Novi, MI (US);
Timothy R. Nixon, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/001 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly configuring vehicle electronics prior to delivery of the vehicle to a customer. The method carried out by the system includes (a) receiving a notification at a central facility indicating that a vehicle has been delivered to a dealership; (b) receiving a data message from a vehicle telematics unit installed on the vehicle while the vehicle is in a logistics mode (LM); and (c) terminating the logistics mode and/or initiating provisioning of the vehicle telematics unit using the established data connection.