Patent ID: 9193232
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A telematics system for a vehicle to be towed, the telematics system comprising: a vehicle communication network configured to receive vehicle data from at least one vehicle system of a plurality of vehicle systems; a towing mode control switch in the vehicle; and processing circuitry that determines a towing mode status of the vehicle based on a state of a transmission gear selector being in neutral as an interlock to recognize enablement of the towing mode control switch, generates telematics data based on the vehicle data, partitions and prioritizes the telematics data into a group of high bandwidth data having a lower latency and higher frequency transmission and a group of low bandwidth data having a less frequent transmission, and transmits the telematics data to a remote access system according to the groups based on the towing mode status of the vehicle indicating that the vehicle is configured to be towed.