Patent ID: 8818358

Claim:
A method for providing telematics to a vehicle, which comprises: providing a user-removable telematics component with: a Global Positioning System (GPS) device; a data pump; a short range wireless personal area network transceiver; and a user interface; communicatively connecting the telematics component to an integrated communication device of the vehicle, the integrated communication device having a short range wireless personal area network transceiver and a memory storing a list that includes at least a phone number of at least one currently paired mobile communication device; receiving with the user interface a request for assistance; in response to the request for assistance, receiving at the data pump at least the phone number of the at least one currently paired mobile communication device; transmitting a request for assistance out from the telematics component to an off-site telematics provider utilizing a communications path of the data pump, the request including at least the phone number of the at least one currently paired mobile communication device; and opening a communication link between the off-site telematics provider and the at least one currently paired mobile communication device.