Patent ID: 8682307

Claim:
A device-interoperability notification method, comprising: establishing a connection between an electronic device and a telematics unit operatively disposed in a vehicle; via the telematics unit, transmitting data obtained from the electronic device to a data aggregator at a call center; via the data aggregator, from the data, recognizing that an interoperability issue exists between the electronic device and the vehicle within which the electronic device is disposed; and sending a message to one of the telematics unit or the electronic device via a communications module at the call center, the message including information pertaining to an interoperability of the electronic device with the vehicle; wherein: i) the data aggregator at the call center receives the data, and wherein the method further comprises: identifying, at the call center, that the electronic device is one that was not previously known to have an interoperability issue with a type of the vehicle within which the electronic device is then-currently disposed; testing the electronic device at a testing facility to determine the interoperability of the electronic device with the vehicle type, the testing of the electronic device being accomplished according to a test plan performed at the testing facility; generating test results from the testing; and from the test results, formulating the message including the information pertaining to the interoperability of the electronic device with the vehicle; or ii) the data is received at the call center, and wherein the method further comprises: storing the data in a database at the call center; receiving at the call center other data obtained from an other electronic device, the other electronic device being of the same type of device as the electronic device from which the stored data was obtained, thereby recognizing that the type of device is utilized by multiple users; and testing the electronic device at the testing facility to determine the interoperability of the electronic device with the vehicle type, the testing of the electronic device being accomplished according to the test plan performed at the testing facility.