Krishnaraj Raj Inbarajan

7480550, Jan 20, 2009

Dec 29, 2006

11/618198

Chester A. Huber - Grosse Pointe Farms MI, US
Anthony J. DiSalle - Clarkston MI, US
Mark D. Graham - Hamtramck MI, US
Shane McCutchen - Howell MI, US
Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

G01M 17/00

701 29, 701 30, 701 33

A vehicle email notification system and method that accesses data from the vehicle as well as from one or more other sources and combines the information into an email that is then sent to the owner or other authorized subscriber. The email notifications are triggered by different events, some of which are independent of the vehicle (e. g. , a monthly trigger), and others of which occur at the vehicle, such as a mileage or low oil life trigger. The notification system builds and sends to the subscriber an email message that contains the dynamic vehicle information and identifies any detected vehicle condition for which action is needed.

7551063, Jun 23, 2009

Dec 29, 2006

11/618268

Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

B60Q 1/00

3404255, 34053922, 701 29

A vehicle email notification method and system that uses customer-selected severity settings to send special notifications to the subscriber. The notification system uses triggers to initiate the generation and transmission of email messages that provide diverse types of dynamic vehicle information to the subscriber. The email notifications are triggered by different events, some of which are independent of the vehicle (e. g. , a monthly trigger), and others of which occur at the vehicle, such as a mileage or low oil life trigger. The notification system builds and sends to the subscriber an email message that contains the dynamic vehicle information along with a diagnostic result indicative of the severity level of a vehicle condition. That diagnostic result is compared to a customer-supplied severity setting to determine whether additional contact with the subscriber is needed. This allows the subscriber to receive special notification when a more severe condition exists.

7567864, Jul 28, 2009

Dec 20, 2005

11/312923

Lawrence P. Ziehr - Clarkston MI, US
Nathan Ampunan - Novi MI, US
Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US
Mark D. Nemesh - Troy MI, US
Todd M. Tumas - Taylor MI, US
Mark R. Willey - Grand Blanc MI, US

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

B60Q 1/02
G06F 19/00

701 49, 701 2, 701208, 315 82, 315 83, 340468

A method for controlling a vehicle's lighting functionality is disclosed herein. The method may include realizing a preferred vehicle lighting configuration and transmitting a signal to the vehicle via a radio frequency communication system. In response to the signal, the vehicle lighting system may alter a current vehicle lighting configuration to correspond with the preferred vehicle lighting configuration.

7684910, Mar 23, 2010

Dec 29, 2006

11/618237

Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

G06F 7/00

701 36

A vehicle email notification system and method in which regional-specific information such as seat belt laws and dynamic vehicle information such as remaining oil life is obtained and incorporated into periodic email messages that are sent to the owner or other authorized subscriber. The regional-specific information is determined based on residence information for the vehicle, such as its garaged address. The email notifications are triggered by different events, some of which are independent of the vehicle (e. g. , a monthly trigger), and others of which occur at the vehicle, such as a mileage or low oil life trigger. The notification system builds and sends to the subscriber an email message that contains the regional-specific and dynamic vehicle information and identifies any detected vehicle condition for which action is needed.

7725275, May 25, 2010

Dec 15, 2007

11/957436

Yilu Zhang - Northville MI, US
Dennis F. Regmont - Lake Orion MI, US
Nathan Ampunan - Novi MI, US
Mark J. Rychlinski - Farmington Hills MI, US
Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US
Haiping Song - Plymouth MI, US

GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. - Detroit MI

G01R 31/36

702 63

Parasitic loads on a vehicular battery are evaluated based on an estimated reduction in the state of charge of the battery over the course of an engine-off state.

7917253, Mar 29, 2011

Nov 22, 2006

11/562876

Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US
Thomas P. Grau - Rochester MI, US
Luc Feilla - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Shawn Drwencke - Chesterfield MI, US

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

H04L 9/00

701 1, 340933

A method for obtaining vehicle-related data from a vehicle equipped with a telematics unit and making that data temporarily available to a third party that has been approved by an authorized user, such as the vehicle owner. This enables the authorized user to decide which third parties, if any at all, are to receive vehicle-related data so that they may take advantage of any promotions or other services that are offered by the third parties. The vehicle-related data is preferably maintained on a temporary basis so that after the occurrence of an event, such as the expiration of a predetermined period of time or after the authorized third party has already accessed the vehicle-related data, the data is deleted.

8050811, Nov 1, 2011

Dec 12, 2006

11/609579

Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US
Thomas P. Grau - Rochester MI, US

General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

G06F 7/00

701 29, 340990

A method for controlling the wireless distribution of vehicle-related data that is collected from a vehicle and is distributed to one or more authorized recipients in a confidential manner. This method uses predetermined business rules, which can be maintained and/or applied at the vehicle, at the telematics service provider, or elsewhere, to control the distribution of vehicle-related data. These business rules can determine which pieces of vehicle-related data, if any, are to be sent to which authorized recipients and can do so in a confidential manner that prevents even the telematics service provider from having access to the vehicle-related data.

8374745, Feb 12, 2013

Sep 5, 2008

12/205023

Yilu Zhang - Northville MI, US
Nathan D. Ampunan - Novi MI, US
Mark J. Rychlinski - Farmington Hills MI, US
Mark N. Howell - Rochester Hills MI, US
Xiaodong Zhang - Mason OH, US
Krishnaraj Inbarajan - Troy MI, US
John J. Correia - Livonia MI, US
Mutasim A. Salman - Rochester Hills MI, US
Mark E. Gilbert - Ann Arbor MI, US
Paul W. Loewer - South Lyon MI, US
Shirley B. Dost - Canton MI, US

GM Global Technology Operations LLC - Detroit MI
General Motors LLC - Detroit MI

G06F 19/00

701 293, 701 314, 701 321

A system and method for telemetrically collecting on-road vehicle diagnostic data. In one embodiment, the method includes collecting vehicle diagnostic data from service shops, on-road vehicles and warranty records, aggregating the collected data and extracting knowledge therefrom. The extracted knowledge can be used to enhance algorithms on-board vehicles or at service centers so as to better identify vehicle faults and provide enhanced diagnostics and prognostics. The enhanced algorithms can then be used to provide predictive maintenance suggestions, provide trouble shooting assistance or provide vehicle design improvements.