Patent ID: 9393920
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B60R,F02N,G01R,H02J,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for preventing discharge of a vehicle battery of a telematics-equipped vehicle, the method comprising: monitoring the charge of the vehicle battery; first determining, by a telematics unit while a vehicle engine is off, that charge of the vehicle battery has reached a first low battery charge threshold; first disabling, by the telematics unit in response to the first determining, at least a first load draining the vehicle battery; second determining, by the telematics unit while the vehicle engine is off, after the first determining, that the charge of the vehicle battery has reached a second low battery charge threshold; and second disabling, by the telematics unit in response to the second determining, at least a second load draining the vehicle battery wherein the first load is of lower priority than the second load.