Patent ID: 7840322

Claim:
A system for providing vehicle settings for a telematics unit in a mobile vehicle, the system comprising: a call center configured to receive a vehicle settings update signal from the telematics unit; a voice portal configured to provide interaction between the mobile vehicle and an application operating within an application server at the call center to determine a download status of the telematics unit and associated components, wherein the download status is a fixed status requiring the mobile vehicle to maintain a stationary period for a predetermined fixed time period; a database for storing the vehicle settings when the download status of the telematics unit and associated components is negative; and a modem bank for transmitting the vehicle settings from the call center to the telematics unit when the download status of the telematics unit and associated components is positive, wherein if the download status is positive, the mobile vehicle has maintained the stationary position for the predetermined fixed time period, and wherein the transmitted vehicle settings are selected from modifying power train behavior, modifying seat behavior, modifying mirror behavior, and combinations thereof.