Patent ID: 9354322
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G01S

Claim Text:
1. A method for over-the-air configuration of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver incorporated into a telematics unit, the method comprising: acquiring, by the GNSS receiver, GNSS requirements and status information for each one of multiple GNSS signal sources supported by the GNSS receiver; forwarding, by the GNSS receiver to a GNSS control center, the GNSS requirements and status information; receiving, by the GNSS receiver, in response to the forwarding the GNSS requirements and status information, a GNSS type selection notification message from the GNSS control center; and applying, by the GNSS receiver, information contained within the GNSS type selection notification to configure GNSS type-specific components within the GNSS receiver to cause the GNSS receiver to operate according to a particular GNSS signal type mode of multiple supported GNSS signal type modes corresponding to the multiple GNSS signal sources.