Patent ID: 8718632

Claim:
A computer-enacted method comprising: receiving, at a server, a first wireless device identification (WID) based on a call from the wireless device connecting a vehicle computing system (VCS) to a remote network; receiving a vehicle identification number (VIN) of a vehicle housing a VCS based on a request sent from the VCS; determining a level-of-service associated based on both the VIN and MID, wherein the level of service varies for a given VIN and received with varied MIDs and vice versa; providing VCS access to services corresponding to the determined level-of-service; determining a user, based at least in part on the first identification; determining the vehicle housing the vehicle computing system, based at least in part on the second identification; determining that the user has a particular affiliation with the vehicle; determining that the user has a similar affiliation with a second vehicle, wherein the second vehicle has a different level-of-service associated therewith than does the vehicle housing the vehicle computing system; and providing access to services corresponding to the level-of-service associated with the second vehicle.