Patent ID: 7236783

Claim:
A method for provisioning a telematics unit comprising the steps of: initiating a wireless over-the-air service provisioning session between the telematics unit and a wireless network carrier, wherein data is downloaded from the wireless network carrier to the telematics unit during the over-the-air service provisioning session; determining whether the over-the-air service provisioning session with the wireless network carrier was successful; responsive to the determining step, if the over-the-air service provisioning session with the carrier was not successful, initiating a telematics service provider over-the-air service provisioning session, wherein the data is downloaded to the telematics unit during the telematics service provider over-the-air service provisioning session; and if the over-the-air service provisioning session with the carrier was successful, automatically initiating a call from the telematics until to the telematics service provider, wherein at least a portion of the data downloaded from the wireless network carrier to the telematics unit is uploaded to the telematics service provider.