Patent ID: 8219710

Claim:
A method of obtaining a network address for a telematics-equipped vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a network address update message from a wireless carrier system at a network address server, the network address update message includes at least one network address and associated vehicle identifier and the network address update message is sent by the wireless carrier system; (b) saving the at least one network address and associated vehicle identifier from the network address update message sent by the wireless carrier system to the network address server; (c) receiving a network address request message for a mobile-terminated call at the network address server, the network address request message includes at least one provided vehicle identifier and is sent by a remote entity attempting to make a mobile-terminated call to the telematics-equipped vehicle; (d) searching the network address server for an associated vehicle identifier that matches the provided vehicle identifier, and when such an associated vehicle identifier is found then obtaining the corresponding network address from the network address server; and (e) sending a network address response message for a mobile-terminated call that is at least partially based on the results of the search in step (d), the network address response message includes the corresponding network address and is sent by the network address server back to the remote entity so that the remote entity can utilize the corresponding network address to establish a mobile-terminated data connection with the telematics-equipped vehicle.