Patent ID: 7242966

Claim:
A personal telematics device couplable externally to a wireless device having access to a wireless network, the personal telematics device comprising: a voice command actuator that can be selectively activated by a user; a controller in communication with the actuator, wherein the controller sends an instruction signal to the wireless device in response to activation of the actuator; a microphone for converting a speech signal received from the user into an analog audio signal; and an audio processing module for converting the analog audio signal into a digital audio signal, wherein the digital audio signal is sent to the wireless device, wherein the wireless device wirelessly connects the personal telematics device to an answering entity in response to receiving the instruction signal, wherein the answering entity performs a user service corresponding to the actuator activated by the user, wherein the answering entity comprises a voice-activated-dialing server accessed by the wireless device via the wireless network, and wherein the digital audio signal includes a telephone number for a terminal device.