Patent ID: 8761758

Claim:
A retrofitting telematics device for a vehicle having an integrated communication device including a short range wireless personal area network transceiver and a memory holding a list uniquely identifying at least one mobile communication device selected from a currently paired mobile communication device, a previously paired mobile communication device, and a pre-defined mobile communication device, the retrofitting telematics device comprising: a user-removable telematics component having: a Global Positioning System (GPS) device; a short range wireless personal area network transceiver operable to communicatively connect to the transceiver of the vehicle; and a data pump communicatively coupled with the GPS device and the transceiver of the user-removable telematics component and programmed to: transmit a telematics request to an off-site telematics provider utilizing a communications path; and request the off-site telematics provider to automatically send a telematics response to the at least one mobile communication device.