Patent ID: 8626231
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G01C,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for integrated satellite assistance services, comprising: sending a first signal associated with an assistance request utilizing at least one processing unit to a service center via a satellite and terrestrial mobile communications network; receiving data associated with a plurality of assistance providers utilizing the at least one processing unit in response to the assistance request; selecting, at a first time, a first preferred assistance provider from the plurality of assistance providers utilizing the at least one processing unit based at least in part on a route between a current location and the first preferred assistance provider including a routine route segment at the first time; and selecting, at a second time, a second preferred assistance provider from the plurality of assistance providers utilizing the at least one processing unit based at least in part on an absence of the routine route segment from the route at the second time.