Patent ID: 8892090

Claim:
A system for a vehicle to provide notice of the occurrence of a predetermined event, the system comprising: a user interface in the vehicle, the user interface comprising a display and controls; a telematics controller coupled to the user interface, the telematics controller being configured to receive at least one phone number and to receive a calling criteria specific to that phone number from the user interface, the at least one phone number to be contacted by a telematics service provider on the occurrence of the predetermined event and in accordance with the calling criteria, the at least one phone number to be called and the calling criteria, being manually entered into the user interface; a first cellular network access device coupled to the telematics controller and having a transceiver configured to be able to communicate data with the telematics service provider over a cellular wireless network wherein the first cellular network access device is additionally configured to be able to transmit a first data message to the service provider through the transceiver, the first data message comprising the at least one phone number, and the calling criteria associated with that phone number.