Patent ID: 8060274

Claim:
A system of a vehicle that generates and provides a location-based service schedule for the vehicle, comprising: a location identifier that: predicts a likely future location of the vehicle and a time during a day and a duration time at which the vehicle is available for maintenance; identifies a type of service to be performed on the vehicle and an estimated time for performing the service; compares the estimated time for performing the type of service with the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the time during the day at the future location; and generates a recommended location-based service schedule for the vehicle based on the predicted future location, the duration time at which the vehicle is predicted to be available for the service at the future location at the time during the day, and the type of service, by removing the predicted future location from the recommended location-based service schedule if the time for performing the service is estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location; and a notifier that selectively conveys the recommended location-based service schedule to a mechanic to retrieve the vehicle from the predicted future location at the time during the day and perform the service on the day if the time for performing the service is not estimated to take longer than the duration time at which the vehicle is estimated to be at the predicted future location.