Patent ID: 6970703

Claim:
An integrated personal communications system, comprising: a telematics device, wherein the telematics device is coupled to a vehicle, wherein the telematics device can exchange data with at least one vehicle system, and wherein the telematics device comprises a service providing entity; a remote device having a service requesting entity, wherein the remote device can access the telematics device utilizing the service requesting entity to exchange data with the telematics device and the at least one vehicle system, wherein the remote device can access the telematics device utilizing the service requesting entity to exchange data with the service providing entity, and wherein a selection is made between a first wireless network protocol and a second wireless network protocol to access the telematics device; and a user profile, wherein a user is registered to the telematics device via the user profile, and wherein the remote device is registered to the telematics device, and wherein only if the user and the remote device are registered to the telematics device can the user access the telematics device and the at least one vehicle system and the service providing entity via the telematics device.