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Flexible Telematics System and Method for Providing Telematics to a Vehicle

  • US 20110143751A1
  • Filed: 02/23/2011
  • Published: 06/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing telematics to a vehicle, which comprises:

  • providing a user-removable telematics component with;

    a Global Positioning System (GPS) device;

    a data pump; and

    a short range wireless personal area network transceiver;

    communicatively connecting the telematics component to an integrated communication device of the vehicle, the integrated communication device having a short range wireless personal area network transceiver and a memory storing a list that includes at least a phone number of at least one currently paired mobile communication device;

    periodically receiving at the data pump at least a portion of the list, the portion of the list including the phone number of the at least one currently paired mobile communication device; and

    periodically transmitting the portion of the list out from the telematics component to an off-site telematics provider utilizing a communications path of the data pump.

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