Patent ID: 7406321
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing user-selected telematics services in a mobile vehicle, the method comprising: initiating a service request by depressing an onboard call center request button or by speaking the request, whereby an onboard voice response unit (VRU) is alerted that a service request sequence is initiated; playing, from the VRU in response to the alert, a preprogrammed audible script presenting a menu of available telematics services; selecting a desired telematics service; sending a request to an onboard control gate, in operative communication with the VRU, to retrieve, from the onboard control gate, vehicle-specific information and a fixed dollar amount for the selected telematics service; automatically transmitting, from the control gate to a call center, the vehicle-specific information and the fixed dollar amount, and a request for the selected telematics service; determining a telematics service fee based on the user selected telematics service; paying the user selected telematics service fee via a remote resource; and providing from the call center to the mobile vehicle, after recognition of the vehicle-specific information and the fixed dollar amount, the selected telematics service.