Patent ID: 8803672

Claim:
A method of vehicle message addressing, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a manufacturer, at least one targeted message intended for a predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein each subscriber of the predetermined subset of subscribers is associated with a vehicle that comprises a specific vehicle identification number; assigning the received at least one targeted message to a predetermined channel for transmission over a satellite or communications network; and encoding an address of the received at least one targeted message to address the predetermined subset of subscribers by encoding the address with at least a portion of a first vehicle identification number, the portion corresponding to a plurality of vehicle identification numbers, said plurality of vehicle identification numbers including the specific vehicle identification number of each vehicle of the predetermined subset of subscribers, wherein the encoding is performed by addressing the at least one targeted message to at least one of a single vehicle identification number, multiple vehicle identification numbers using wildcards, a plurality of vehicle identification numbers using the range of addresses, and a combination of a vehicle identification number and hardware identification number.