IP Library Granted Patent US 12,413,674
Granted Patent B2
US 12,413,674 · App. 18/096,043 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Intelligent call queue prioritization based on vehicular data retrieval

Inventors: Robert Weisbarth (New Boston, MI); Eric T. Hosey (Royal Oak, MI); Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, MI); Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres (Rochester Hills, MI)
Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
H04M3/523G07C5/008G07C5/0808G07C5/0841H04M3/4283H04M3/5116
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Patent No.
US 12,413,674
App. No.
18/096,043
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for determining a priority of a call in an on-hold queue is presented. Determining a priority of a call is based on information received by an enterprise from a call from a vehicle with an integrated communication device where the call is placed into an on-hold queue to be answered based on its priority. Data from the vehicle with the integrated communication device includes at least a type of call, an account information associated with the vehicle, a vehicle data, and a location of the vehicle. The enterprise determines the priority of the call in the on-hold queue based on the data received from the vehicle with the integrated communication device.

Claims (32)

1. A system for determining a priority of a call in an on-hold queue comprising:

a vehicle comprising an integrated communication device configured to initiate the call;

a server, communicatively coupled to the integrated communication device, configured to exchange data between the server and the integrated communication device; and

the server, further comprising a call manager configured to determine the priority of the call;

wherein the priority of the call in the on-hold queue is determined based on the data received from the integrated communication device;

wherein the data received from the integrated communication device comprises at least a type of call, an account information associated with the vehicle, a vehicle data, and a location of the vehicle; and

wherein the vehicle data comprises at least a model, an occupancy data, and a motion status of the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the type of call comprises an automatic call triggered by a condition of the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the account information comprises at least customer data, customer history, and waiting time in the on-hold queue of the call manager.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the location of the vehicle comprises at least a global positioning system (GPS) coordinate.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the GPS coordinate is associated with a crisis area or a flood zone.

6. The system of claim 1 , where the data received from the integrated communication device further comprises a diagnostic trouble code that is retrieved from a control module of the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), and wherein the data received from the integrated communication device further comprises a battery status of the BEV.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is configured to initiate a data exchange with the server based on: an updated data of the type of call, the account information associated with the vehicle, the vehicle data, the location of the vehicle, or a diagnostic trouble code.

9. A method for determining a priority of a call in an on-hold queue comprising:

receiving, at an enterprise, the call from a vehicle with an integrated communication device;

placing the call into the on-hold queue;

receiving, at the enterprise, data from the vehicle with the integrated communication device, wherein the data comprises at least a type of call, an account information associated with the vehicle, a vehicle data, and a location of the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle data comprises at least a model, an occupancy data, and a motion status of the vehicle; and

determining, at the enterprise, the priority of the call in the on-hold queue based on the data received from the vehicle with the integrated communication device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the type of call comprises an automatic call triggered by a condition of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the account information comprises at least customer data, customer history, and waiting time in the on-hold queue.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the location of the vehicle comprises at least a global positioning system (GPS) coordinate.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining if the GPS coordinate is associated with a crisis area or a flood zone.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising retrieving a diagnostic trouble code from a control module of the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the vehicle is a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), and wherein the data received from the integrated communication device further comprises a battery status of the BEV.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving, at the enterprise, an updated data of the type of call, the account information associated with the vehicle, the vehicle data, the location of the vehicle, or a diagnostic trouble code.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising revising the priority of the call in the on-hold queue based on the updated data received from the vehicle with the integrated communication device.

18. A method for determining a priority of a call in an on-hold queue comprising:

initiating the call, to an enterprise, from a vehicle with an integrated communication device, wherein the call is placed into the on-hold queue; and

sending data, to the enterprise, from the vehicle with the integrated communication device, wherein the data comprises at least a type of call, an account information associated with the vehicle, a vehicle data, and a location of the vehicle,

wherein the enterprise determines the priority of the call in the on-hold queue based on the data sent by the vehicle with the integrated communication device; and

wherein the vehicle data comprises at least a model, an occupancy data, and a motion status of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2023
From: WEISBARTH, ROBERT; HOSEY, ERIC T.; PATENAUDE, RUSSELL A.; GILBERT-EYRES, MATTHEW E.
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 062352/0791 →
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