Flexible telematics system and method for providing telematics to a vehicle

摘要

A method for providing telematics to a vehicle includes the steps of providing a user-removable telematics component with a Global Positioning System (GPS) device, a data pump, and a short range wireless personal area network transceiver (e.g., Bluetooth transceiver), communicatively connecting the telematics component to an integrated communication device of the vehicle, the integrated communication device having a vehicle short range wireless personal area network transceiver operable to connect and communicate with at least one of at least one mobile communication device selected from a currently paired mobile communication device, a previously paired mobile communication device, and a pre-defined mobile communication device and a least one vehicle communications bus, receiving at the data pump a request from the at least one mobile communication device to perform a vehicle function, and performing the vehicle function with the telematics component.

主权项

1. A method for providing telematics to a vehicle, which comprises: providing a user-removable telematics component with:
a Global Positioning System (GPS) device; a data pump; and a short range wireless personal area network transceiver; communicatively connecting the telematics component to an integrated communication device of the vehicle, the integrated communication device having a vehicle short range wireless personal area network transceiver operable to connect and communicate with: at least one mobile communication device selected from a currently paired mobile communication device, a previously paired mobile communication device, and a pre-defined mobile communication device; and at least one vehicle communications bus; receiving at the data pump a request from the at least one mobile communication device to perform a vehicle function; and performing the vehicle function with the telematics component by communicating a command to the at least one vehicle communications bus through the integrated communication device of the vehicle.