Method and system for interacting with a vehicle over a mobile radiotelephone network

摘要

A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using the overhead control channels of a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor or control aspects of the vehicle's operations based on remote user input. The telemetry system can receive a command from a data processing center and, based on the command, perform an action at the vehicle such that a user can remotely interact with the vehicle.

主权项

1. A method for managing power consumption for a transmitter-receiver pair that sends and receives information over a cellular network, that is attached to a vehicle, and that is powered by a battery of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
powering the transmitter-receiver pair while the battery is being recharged; disconnecting power from a transmitter of the transmitter-receiver pair after recharging of the battery has stopped; monitoring the vehicle for an occurrence of a security event while power is disconnected from the transmitter; and upon detecting the occurrence of the security event, restoring power to the transmitter.