Patent ID: 9329049
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G01C,G07C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing directions to a vehicle service facility, comprising the steps of: (a) identifying, for each of a number of vehicle service facilities, one or more services provided by the vehicle service facility; (b) associating each of the vehicle service facilities in a database with the one or more identified services provided by that vehicle service facility, wherein the database is associated with a central facility; (c) receiving from a vehicle telematics service subscriber an indication at the central facility of a desire to set a trigger at a vehicle associated with the subscriber, wherein the trigger is associated with a vehicle service alert generated by the vehicle; (d) based on step (c), remotely setting the trigger at the vehicle from the central facility; (e) when a trigger occurrence occurs at the vehicle, offering the vehicle telematics service subscriber a choice of a plurality of vehicle service facilities based on the trigger occurrence and the identified service(s) provided by the vehicle service facilities; and (f) if the vehicle telematics service subscriber chooses an offered vehicle service facility, providing turn-by-turn directions to the chosen vehicle service facility.