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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mohammad Ishfaq, Northville, MI (US);
Curtis L. Hay, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Dipankar Pal, Sylvania, OH (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of controlling Wi-Fi module operation based on vehicle location includes: detecting at a vehicle a geopolitical identifier broadcast by a wireless carrier system; determining whether operational settings of the Wi-Fi module conform to operational settings specified for the detected geopolitical identifier; and changing the operational settings of the Wi-Fi module when not conforming to the operational settings specified for the detected geopolitical identifier.