Patent ID: 8626152

Claim:
A method for providing telematics to a vehicle, which comprises: communicatively connecting a user-removable telematics component to an integrated communication device of the vehicle, the integrated communication device having a memory holding a list uniquely identifying at least one mobile communication device, the at least one mobile communication device currently connected or configured to be connected to the integrated communication device through a wireless personal area network communication channel, the integrated communication device being operable to: locally generate the list of the at least one mobile communication device; and update the list to reflect the currently connected at least one mobile communication device; transmitting a request for information out from the telematics component to an off-site telematics information provider utilizing a communications path between a data pump of the telematics component and the off-site telematics information provider; and receiving a channeled response to the request for information from the off-site telematics information provider automatically through the at least one mobile communication device currently connected to the integrated communication device.