Where I can find more information on the OnStar system
Q. I found your pages on cellular phone is really helpful. Do you know where I can find more information on the OnStar system? I could not seem to get enough technical detail on how it works, i.e in emergency situation. Is there such a tutorial somewhere on the internet?
A. I have not investigated this subject at all. There is this FAQ, of course:
http://www.onstar.com/visitors/html/ao_faq.htm
Beyond that you may want to do some patent searching under the term "roadside assistance" at the United States Patent and Trademark website (external link). Information overload! You might have a little difficulty finding out where the patent is or a patent close to it but when you do, you will hit a gold mine. I do not know if it is GM technology or if they are sub contracting the work from an independent sat service. Or go to deja.com and search for On-Star or some such to see what the telecom groups are saying about it. If anything. Wish I could have helped, best, Tom Farley