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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Wahaj Ahmed, Dearborn, MI (US);
Huong T. Chim, Troy, MI (US);
Steven S. Sauerbrey, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kier M. Mathieson, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for providing control of a vehicle telematics unit using a mobile device. The method carried out by the system includes the steps of: determining a mobile device is configured to control a vehicle telematics unit; receiving at a call center a vehicle telematics unit (VTU) command from the mobile device instructing the telematics unit to provide vehicle data using short range wireless communication (SRWC); sending the VTU command from the call center to the telematics unit; and transmitting via SRWC the vehicle data.