Patent ID: 8447465

Claim:
A method of registering a vehicle with a call center of a telematics system, the method comprising: turning a key within a vehicle ignition of a vehicle; invoking a call from a telematics control module within the vehicle to a server at the call center; connecting the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center; exchanging messages between the telematics control module and the call center, wherein the step of exchanging messages further comprises: sending a health check request from the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center; and receiving a health check confirmation in the telematics control module within the vehicle from the server at the call center; inquiring if sending the health check request from the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center and receiving the health check confirmation in the telematics control module within the vehicle from the server at the call center was successful; and inquiring if sending the health check request from the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center and receiving the health check confirmation in the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center was successful; and inquiring whether the call was dropped when a negative response to inquiring if sending the health check request from the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center and receiving the health check confirmation in the telematics control module within the vehicle to the server at the call center was successful.