摘要 |
A vehicle-based communications device acquires identification information, such as a phone number, from a cellular phone located within the vehicle and transmits that information to a call center where it is processed and stored so that the call center can subsequently establish a voice link with the cellular phone. The communications device generally includes a control circuit, an acquisition device for acquiring the identification information according to one of several methods, and a data transceiver for transmitting a data signal to the call center via a satellite network. The communications device can acquire identification information from a plurality of cellular phones so that those phones may be prioritized and called back in a particular order.
|