Telematics control utilizing relational formulas

1. A telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium;

a processor, configured to execute a telematics task manager application according to processor-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium;

wherein the telematics task manager application comprises a plurality of tasks and a plurality of modular condition blocks, wherein each task includes one or more subtasks, each subtask includes subtask-specific triggering logic for execution of one or more actions based on the triggering logic, and the triggering logic is based on the plurality of modular condition blocks;

wherein the telematics task manager application is configured to communicate with vehicle sensors and control modules of the telematics-equipped vehicle to determine whether sensed conditions of the telematics-equipped vehicle corresponding to the plurality of modular condition blocks are met, wherein the conditions include conditions relating to:

a powertrain status, and

an ignition status, and

wherein a sensed condition of the telematics-equipped vehicle relating to the powertrain status corresponds to a diagnostic trouble code (DTC), and wherein a sensed condition of the telematics-equipped vehicle relating to the ignition status corresponds to whether the vehicle ignition is being run.

2. The telematics unit of claim 1 , wherein each task further includes a task storage buffer.

3. The telematics unit of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the one or more actions if the triggering logic evaluates to TRUE based on a Boolean relational formula utilizing the modular condition blocks.

4. The telematics unit of claim 3 , wherein the Boolean relational formula defines a relationship between the modular condition blocks using at least one of an AND, THEN, OR, or NOT operator.

5. The telematics unit of claim 4 , wherein the Boolean relational formula defines the relationship between the modular condition blocks using a combination of at least two of the AND, THEN, OR, or NOT operators.

6. The telematics unit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the modular condition blocks is used in more than one subtask.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, part of a telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle, having processor-executable instructions thereon for controlling operation of the telematics unit, the processor-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the following steps to be performed:

communicating, by a telematics task manager application of the telematics unit, with vehicle sensors and control modules of the telematics-equipped vehicle to determine whether sensed conditions of the telematics-equipped vehicle corresponding to a plurality of modular condition blocks are met, wherein the conditions include conditions relating to:

a powertrain status, and

an ignition status;

determining, by the telematics task manager application, that subtask-specific triggering logic indicates that one or more actions is to be performed, wherein the determination further comprises determining that a Boolean relational formula utilizing modular condition blocks of the plurality of modular condition blocks evaluates to TRUE; and

performing the one or more actions,

wherein a sensed condition of the telematics-equipped vehicle relating to the powertrain status corresponds to a diagnostic trouble code (DTC), and wherein a sensed condition of the telematics-equipped vehicle relating to the ignition status corresponds to whether the vehicle ignition is being run.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the processor-executable instructions further cause the following step to be performed: storing, by the telematics task manager application, task-related data to a task storage buffer.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the Boolean relational formula defines a relationship between the modular condition blocks using at least one of an AND, THEN, OR, or NOT operator.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the Boolean relational formula defines the relationship between the modular condition blocks using a combination of at least two of the AND, THEN, OR, or NOT operators.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the modular condition blocks is used in more than one subtask.

12. A processor-implemented method for controlling operation of a telematics unit of a telematics-equipped vehicle, the method comprising:

communicating, by a telematics task manager application of the telematics unit, with vehicle sensors and control modules of the telematics-equipped vehicle to determine whether sensed conditions of the telematics-equipped vehicle corresponding to a plurality of modular condition blocks are met, wherein the conditions include conditions relating to:

a powertrain status, and

an ignition status;

determining, by the telematics task manager application executed by a processor of the telematics unit, that subtask-specific triggering logic indicates that one or more actions is to be performed, wherein the determination further comprises determining that a Boolean relational formula utilizing modular condition blocks of the plurality of modular condition blocks evaluates to TRUE; and

performing the one or more actions,

wherein a sensed condition of the telematics-equipped vehicle relating to the powertrain status corresponds to a diagnostic trouble code (DTC), and wherein a sensed condition of the telematics-equipped vehicle relating to the ignition status corresponds to whether the vehicle ignition is being run.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

storing, by the telematics task manager application, task-related data to a task storage buffer.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the Boolean relational formula defines a relationship between the modular condition blocks using at least one of an AND, THEN, OR, or NOT operator.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the Boolean relational formula defines the relationship between the modular condition blocks using a combination of at least two of the AND, THEN, OR, or NOT operators.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the modular condition blocks is used in more than one subtask.