Patent ID: 6912396

Claim:
A telematics radio for providing driving directions to an operator of a vehicle, the telematics radio comprising: a receiver operable for receiving a position signal indicative of the current location of the vehicle; memory operable for storing the location of at least one pre-selected destination; a processor operable with the receiver and the memory for determining driving directions from the current location of the vehicle to each pre-selected destination based on the position signal and map information; and an interface operable for receiving a request from the operator for the driving directions to a desired pre-selected destination, the interface is further operable with the processor for providing the operator with the driving directions to the desired pre-selected destination; wherein the interface includes at least one button and is operable with the memory for associating pre-selected destinations with respective ones of the at least one button, wherein the interface receives a request from the operator for the driving directions to a desired pre-selected destination in response to the operator pressing the button associated with the desired pre-selected destination; wherein, in response to receiving an interface deactivation signal, the interface is disabled from providing the operator with driving directions to the pre-selected destinations such that the interface ignores requests from the operator for the driving directions to the pre-selected destinations in response to the operator pressing the buttons associated with the pre-selected destinations.