Vehicle email notification using data from different sources

US7480550B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Motors LLC · US

Inventors

• Chester A. Huber · Grosse Pointe Farms, US
• Anthony J. DiSalle · Clarkston, US
• Mark D. Graham · Horsforth, GB
• Shane M. McCutchen · Howell, US
• Krishnaraj Inbarajan · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 20, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S370/908
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle email notification system and method that accesses data from the vehicle as well as from one or more other sources and combines the information into an email that is then sent to the owner or other authorized subscriber. The email notifications are triggered by different events, some of which are independent of the vehicle (e.g., a monthly trigger), and others of which occur at the vehicle, such as a mileage or low oil life trigger. The notification system builds and sends to the subscriber an email message that contains the dynamic vehicle information and identifies any detected vehicle condition for which action is needed.