Captured test fleet

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring vehicles in a captured test fleet that includes: receiving a call at a service center from a vehicle in the captured test fleet, wherein the call is triggered based on a condition detected at the vehicle; establishing a connection between the service center and the vehicle via the call; requesting a vehicle data upload (VDU) from the vehicle via the call; completing the VDU at the service center, and storing data received from the VDU in a captured test fleet database that manages data for a plurality of vehicles included in the captured test fleet.

1 . A method of monitoring vehicles in a captured test fleet, comprising the steps of:
 (a) receiving a call at a service center from a vehicle in the captured test fleet, wherein the call is triggered based on a condition detected at the vehicle;   (b) establishing a connection between the service center and the vehicle via the call;   (c) requesting a vehicle data upload (VDU) from the vehicle via the call;   (d) completing the VDU at the service center; and   (e) storing data received from the VDU in a captured test fleet database that manages data for a plurality of vehicles included in the captured test fleet.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of storing vehicle bus requests for the vehicle in the captured test fleet database. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of storing request responses for the vehicle in the captured test fleet database. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of configuring VDU functions in the vehicle via the call. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of marking a task update entry for the vehicle in the captured test fleet database. 
     
     
         6 . A method of monitoring vehicles in a captured test fleet, comprising the steps of:
 (a) receiving a request to access captured test fleet data from one or more vehicles in the captured test fleet;   (b) accessing a database containing vehicles associated with the captured test fleet;   (c) identifying, in the database, the vehicles within the captured test fleet that correspond to the request;   (d) wirelessly transmitting a data retrieval request from the database to the identified vehicles; and   (e) receiving the captured test fleet data at the database from the identified vehicles.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the step of providing the database at a telematics service provider. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the step of receiving the request from a vehicle design center. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the database identifies vehicles in the captured test fleet by one or more test fleet identifiers. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the test fleet identifiers further comprise a vehicle identification number (VIN), electronic serial number (ESN), system identification number (SID), or mobile identification number (MIN). 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the request identifies the vehicles by vehicle model.