Patent ID: 6097940
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A communication system for communicating information between a central communication terminal and a vehicle, comprising:a) a communication device having an identifier code peculiar to each communication device, the identifier code including a telephone number of the communication device;b) a communication controller disposed in said vehicle to control communication with said central communication terminal, the communication controller being connectable to said communication device;c) said communication controller having command logic that commands the communication device to transmit said identifier code to the central communication terminal in response to connection of the communication device with the communication controller;d) a communication apparatus disposed in the central communication terminal for transmitting/receiving information to/from said communication device, the communication apparatus adapted to receive the identifier code sent by the communication device; ande) a first memory disposed in the communication apparatus for storing the identifier code received by the communication apparatus, whereinthe communication apparatus has paging logic that pages said communication device using the identifier code stored in said first memory and dials the telephone number corresponding to the stored identifier code.