Patent ID: 8140138

Claim:
A method for providing a plurality of services to a user of a vehicle telematics unit, the method comprising: defining a plurality of user profiles, wherein each profile is contained in one member of a set of unique objects and is associated with a service in the plurality of services; connecting the telematics unit to a service manager; receiving a user request for one of the plurality of services from the user at the telematics unit; transferring the request from the telematics unit to the service manager; at the service manager, retrieving an object containing a profile associated with the user and with the requested service; including the retrieved object in a second service request sent from the service manager to a service provider; receiving, at the service manager, a response to the second service request from the service provider, the response being tailored to the user based upon the profile contained in the retrieved object; and sending the response from the service manager to the telematics unit for communication to the user.