Patent ID: 8004982

Claim:
A method for a user of a vehicle to select a communication service for the vehicle amongst a plurality of available communication services, the method comprising the steps of: providing a computer-based system including a processor, the processor comprising a priority level setting module, priority comparator module and a communications service module; entering a plurality of information types comprising at least one application operating parameter, at least one communication operating parameter, at least one cost factor, and at least one value factor, the plurality of information types being entered by the user; assigning a priority level to each information type in the plurality of information types to generate a plurality of assigned priority levels by inputting the plurality of information types into the priority level setting module of the processor; comparing the assigned priority levels to each other by inputting the assigned priority levels into the priority comparator module of the processor to generate a plurality of compared priority levels; and selecting at least one desired communication service from the plurality of available communication services based on the compared priority levels, the selecting of the at least one desired communication service being performed by the communications service module.