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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Sethu K. Madhavan, Canton, MI (US);
Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, CA;
David A. Adams, Troy, MI (US);
Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Kevin R. Krause, Plymouth, MI (US);
Andrew J. Macdonald, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Sethu K. Madhavan, Canton, MI (US);
Ki Hak Yi, Windsor, CA;
David A. Adams, Troy, MI (US);
Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Kevin R. Krause, Plymouth, MI (US);
Andrew J. MacDonald, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of establishing an alternate communication channel between a telematics unit and a central facility that includes determining that a vehicle telematics unit is unable to communicate data over a voice call using a voice channel; initiating a data call from the vehicle telematics unit to a central facility based on that determination; sending information identifying the vehicle telematics unit to the central facility over the data call; establishing a voice call from the central facility to verbally communicate with the vehicle telematics unit based on the information identifying the vehicle telematics unit; and communicating data between the central facility and vehicle telematics unit via short messaging services (SMS) messages using the voice call from the central facility.