Patent ID: 9037475
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring radio preset slots for vehicles, the method comprising: auctioning, by a server, a radio preset slot corresponding to a plurality of vehicles with respect to a specified geographic area via an auction website, wherein the auctioning includes receiving bids for the radio preset slot and determining a winning radio station corresponding to the radio preset slot for the specified geographic area; obtaining, by a telematics unit of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, radio preset information corresponding to the winning radio station, wherein the radio preset information includes an identifier associated with the winning radio station and preset type information; determining, by the telematics unit, that the vehicle has entered the specified geographic area; and configuring, by the telematics unit, in response to the determining, the corresponding radio preset slot of the vehicle with the radio preset information such that user selection of the corresponding radio preset slot causes a radio of the vehicle to be tuned to the winning radio station, wherein the configuring further includes setting the corresponding radio preset slot to be one of a plurality of preset types according to the preset type information.