Patent ID: 8015805

Claim:
A method for regenerating an exhaust aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine, situated in a vehicle, the method comprising: supplying information relating to a travel distance to a control device, the information supplied from at least one of (1) a global positioning system and (2) a combination of the global positioning system and at least one of a traffic telematics system, a travel distance computer and a navigation system, wherein the information includes real time information; and controlling, by the control device, regeneration cycles as a function of the information, wherein the control device is coupled to at least one of the global positioning system, the traffic telematics system, the travel distance computer and the navigation system across a CAN bus, wherein: the information includes a plurality of bit strings and the control device includes a logic unit such that the regeneration cycles may be controlled based on a logical processing of the bit strings, a first one of the plurality of bit strings relates to the information of the global positioning system, and a second one of the plurality of bit strings relates to the information of the traffic telematics system, wherein the information of the traffic telematics system includes at least information concerning traffic disturbances; the first string and the second string are logically linked together via the logic unit, and truth values of the first string and the second string are stored in a logic table, by which a regeneration requested by the exhaust gas aftertreatment system, according to an exhaust gas aftertreatment request, is prevented, if necessary, via an additional logic element, and from which a corrected regeneration request is formed.