Patent ID: 7639121

Claim:
A method comprising: setting a telematics terminal to a door detection operating mode; while the telematics terminal is in the door detection operating mode: receiving an accessory signal at the telematics terminal, disregarding the accessory signal based on the setting of the telematics terminal to the door detection operating mode, receiving a door open signal at the telematics terminal, and initializing the telematics terminal based on the receipt of the door open signal while the telematics terminal is set to the door detection operating mode; setting the telematics terminal to an ignition operating mode; and while the telematics terminal in the ignition operating mode: receiving a further door open signal at the telematics terminal while the telematics terminal is set to the ignition operating mode, disregarding the further door open signal based on the setting of the telematics terminal to the ignition operating mode, receiving a further accessory signal at the telematics terminal while the telematics terminal is set to the ignition operating mode, and initializing the telematics terminal based on the receipt of the further accessory signal while the telematics terminal is set to the ignition operating mode.