Patent ID: 9489778
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G07C

Claim Text:
1. A system for alerting a driver to a condition of a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle subsystem, a fault detection monitor configured to detect a fault in the vehicle subsystem, and a fault indicator communicatively connected to the fault detection monitor and configured to provide a fault indication to the driver upon a first occurrence of the fault if the fault falls within a first category of faults, and to provide the fault indication to the driver after multiple occurrences of the fault if the fault falls within a second category of faults, the system comprising: a telematics unit mounted to the vehicle and configured to receive a fault notification from the fault detection monitor; and a call center remotely located from the vehicle, the call center being communicatively coupled with the telematics unit, wherein the telematics unit is configured to provide the fault notification to the call center when the telematics unit receives the fault notification from the fault detection monitor, and wherein the call center is configured to: