Patent ID: 8892051

Claim:
A method for establishing a data call connection between a call center of a telematics service provider (TSP) and a deactivated telematics unit over a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor of the wireless network from the call center of the TSP, an equipment identifier originally defined by a component of the deactivated telematics unit to uniquely identify the component of the deactivated telematics unit; generating, by the processor of the wireless network based on the equipment identifier originally defined by the component of the deactivated telematics unit, a paging address for the deactivated telematics unit; multicasting, by a node of the wireless network to a plurality of terminals to which the paging address is associated, a data call request; receiving, at the node of the wireless network from the deactivated telematics unit, a data call request received confirmation; and connecting a data call between the call center of the TSP and the deactivated telematics unit based on the data call request received confirmation.