Patent ID: 7286857

Claim:
An in-vehicle wireless communication system handset controller comprising: a central processing unit; an interface to an in-vehicle location information processing unit, the location information processing unit determining a geographical position of the in-vehicle wireless communication system and being connected to a wireless communication system handset, wherein, through the wireless communication system handset, the location information unit accesses a wide area computer network to communicate the geographical position and wherein the location information processing unit and the central processing unit are configured to control the wireless communication handset; an input unit comprising data input keys larger than keys on a keypad of the handset; and an output unit comprising a display larger than a display of the handset, wherein displayed message text characters on the output unit display are larger than displayed message text characters on the handset display, and wherein, while the handset is operationally coupled to the handset controller and while the central processing unit has control of the handset, the central processing unit executes instructions which (a) allow the keys of the input unit to be used to provide input data to the handset, and (b) output data for display on the output unit display.