Patent Document ID: 8781838
Application ID: 12852947

Base Claim:
1. A method for processing text messages sent to a telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle, the method comprising: receiving, by the telematics unit, a text message via a network; detecting, by the telematics unit, that the text message includes a privacy indicator, wherein detecting that the text message includes a privacy indicator comprises detecting that the text message contains a predetermined character string; and processing, by the telematics unit, the text message based on the privacy indicator, wherein the processing of a text message including a privacy indicator is different from processing of a text message that does not include a privacy indicator.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the text message based on the privacy indicator comprises: utilizing a private vehicle display so as to display the text message to an occupant of the vehicle.