Patent ID: 8005473

Claim:
A control module for a wireless communication system in a vehicle, the wireless communication system having a plurality of operational settings relating to a mobile wireless communication device configured to communicate with a remote source to retrieve setting information, the control module comprising: a memory configured to store the setting information, wherein the setting information includes at least one of the audio cancellation, echo cancellation, and noise cancellation parameters; a control circuit coupled to the memory, wherein the control circuit is configured to adjust at least one of the plurality of operational settings of the wireless communication system based on the setting information stored in the memory; and a radio frequency transceiver coupled to the control circuit, the radio frequency transceiver configured to communicate with the mobile wireless communication device via a wireless communications link, wherein the control circuit is configured to determine whether the memory includes setting information for the mobile wireless communication device in communication with the radio frequency transceiver, and, in response to a determination that the memory does not include setting information for the mobile wireless communication device, using the radio frequency transceiver to send a request to the remote source via the wireless communications link, the request configured to cause the remote source to transmit the setting information to the radio frequency transceiver via the mobile wireless communication device and the wireless communications link, wherein the radio frequency transceiver is configured to receive the setting information for storage in the memory, and wherein the remote source is a remote server located outside of the vehicle.