Patent ID: 6871067

Claim:
A method for communicating telematic messages among a plurality of telematic devices using a message router, comprising: receiving by the message router, a telematic message generated by a first telematic device comprising one of said plurality of telematic devices wherein the message router and the first telematic device are located in a vehicle; converting the telematic message into a first translated message having a standard format using a first software object contained in the router and associated with the first telematic device; using the message router to process the first translated message and select at least a second telematic device comprising one of said plurality of telematic devices as a destination device to which to communicate the first translated message based on a characteristic of the first translated message; converting the first translated message into a second translated message using a second software object contained in the router and associated with the second telematic device; and transmitting by the message router the second translated message to the second telematic device.