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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Swapan Das, Canton, MI (US);
David George, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mohammad Ishfaq, Northville, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of establishing a packet data connection includes accessing a Domain Name Server (DNS) to obtain an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a vehicle telematics unit; initiating a mobile-terminated packet data connection with the vehicle telematics unit using the IP address of the vehicle telematics unit; and establishing the mobile-terminated packet data connection when the vehicle telematics unit determines that a hostname representing an IP address of a third party initiating the mobile-terminated packet data connection matches at least one approved hostname recognized by the vehicle telematics unit.