Patent ID: 9652461
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G08G,H04H

Claim:
1. A method for performing an action based on a geographical location of a telematics unit of a vehicle, comprising: determining, by a GPS portion of the telematics unit, values of coordinates of a current location of the telematics unit; creating, by a processor of the telematics unit, a unique identifier based on the values of the coordinates after rounding down the values of the coordinates; using, by the telematics unit, the unique identifier and a content counter number as a search term to search a New Database Manager (NDBM) database, the NDBM database being indexed on a plurality of unique keys with corresponding data in data tables for retrieval using a hashing function, each of the plurality of unique keys corresponding to coordinates of a geographic point of a particular polygon of a particular geographical area, and the NDBM database being stored by the telematics unit; and performing, by the telematics unit, the action based on data associated with a unique key, of the plurality of unique keys, that matches the search term, performing the action including: