Patent ID: 7865279

Claim:
A vehicle information-communication system in which a vehicle and a control center are adapted to communicate with each other, and first information and second information regarding a failure in an in-vehicle unit mounted in the vehicle is exchanged, wherein: the vehicle includes: an in-vehicle communication network built in the vehicle; an in-vehicle unit connected to the in-vehicle communication network; a communication device which is connected to the in-vehicle communication network so as to receive the second information for requesting transmission of the first information regarding the failure in the in-vehicle unit, the second information being transmitted from the control center, and so as to transmit the first information to the control center; a connection device which is connected to the in-vehicle communication network, and which is connected to a failure diagnostic device, which is provided in an automobile dealer selling vehicles and performing servicing, that obtains the first information and that diagnoses the failure; a connection determining device which determines whether the failure diagnostic device is connected to the connection device; and a prohibiting device which prohibits the communication device from transmitting the first information to the control center, when the connection determining device determines that the failure diagnostic device is connected to the connection device; and the control center includes: a transmission requesting device which transmits the second information to the vehicle; a determining device which determines whether the first information coincides with the second information when the failure diagnostic device is connected to the vehicle in the automobile dealer; and a reception prohibiting device which prohibits reception of the first information by transmitting a command for canceling the transmission of the first information to the vehicle when the determining device determines that the first information does not coincide with the second information.