Patent ID: 8744397

Claim:
A system for providing profile information to a service provider, the profile information being information pertaining to a user of a mobile device, who is an occupant of a vehicle, and who has the mobile device, in the vehicle, the system comprising: a telematics controller coupled to the database and having a first transceiver configured to wirelessly detect the presence of and to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device in the vehicle, the telematics controller being configured to receive from a detected mobile device, an identification of the mobile device, and to receive from the detected mobile device, profile information of a user of the detected mobile device, the telematics controller being additionally configured to store the profile information of the user, and configured to receive and store a prioritized contact list; a network access device coupled to the database and having a second transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the service provider, wherein the network access device is configured to transmit the profile information of the user of the detected mobile device if a crash condition is identified and the detected mobile device was in communication with the telematics controller during a time period just prior to the crash condition, the network access device being additionally configured to transmit the prioritized contact list, if a crash condition is identified.