Patent ID: 6792296
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H04M,Y02D

Abstract:
A system for configuring a portable wireless communication device when connected to a vehicle, the system comprising:a vehicle interface in the wireless communication device for connecting the wireless communication device to the vehicle; a vehicle detection circuit in the wireless communication device for determining whether the interface is connected to the vehicle; and a microcomputer in the wireless communication device for accessing vehicle information from the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle interface is connected to the vehicle and for establishing from the vehicle information whether there is a separate embedded cellular transceiver in the vehicle, wherein if a separate vehicle's embedded cellular transceiver is present subsequently determining the telephone number of the separate vehicle's embedded cellular transceiver from the vehicle information; and forwarding a call to the portable wireless communication device to the phone number of the separate vehicle's embedded cellular transceiver.