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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Marco T. Carnevale, Windsor, CA;
Nathaniel H. Williams, Berkley, MI (US);
Swee Meng Yong, Canton, MI (US);
Yue Zhuang, Plymouth, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of performing vehicle navigation services in coordination with a handheld wireless device that involves determining a vehicle location at a vehicle using a vehicle telematics unit of the vehicle; identifying a plurality of points-of-interest (POIs) within a predetermined range of the vehicle location; detecting a vehicle occupant has exited the vehicle; sending an instruction from the vehicle that directs a handheld wireless device associated with the vehicle occupant or the vehicle to begin generating location data; and receiving the location data from the handheld wireless device.