Sharing account information and a phone number between personal mobile phone and an in-vehicle embedded phone
View Patent ↗A phone embedded within a vehicle for automatically using a service plan of a proximate personal mobile phone. The embedded phone includes an internal communication component that detects the presence of the personal mobile phone, and receives a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone. The embedded phone also includes an external communication component that sends the received mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority, and receives an authentication request to the personal mobile phone via the embedded phone. The internal communication component sends the authentication request to the personal mobile phone. The personal mobile phone generates an authentication signal, and the external communication component sends the authentication signal to the wireless network authority.
1. A computer program product residing on a phone embedded in a vehicle for performing a method for automatically using a service plan of a personal mobile phone over the phone embedded within the vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone;
receiving a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone;
sending the mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority;
sending an authentication request received from the network authority to the personal mobile phone;
receiving a confirmation of the authentication from the personal mobile phone;
sending the confirmation of the authentication to the wireless network authority;
ending communication between the personal mobile phone and the embedded phone; and
after ending the communication, opening a communication session between the embedded phone and the wireless network based on the sent confirmation.
2. A computer program product residing on a phone embedded within a vehicle, the computer program product comprising:
a first component for detecting the presence of a personal mobile phone;
a second component for receiving a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone;
a third component for sending the mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority;
a fourth component for sending an authentication request received from the network authority to the personal mobile phone;
a fifth component for receiving a confirmation of the authentication request from the personal mobile phone;
a sixth component for sending the confirmation of the authentication request to the wireless network authority;
a seventh component for ending communication between the personal mobile phone and the embedded phone; and
an eighth component for opening, after ending the communication, a communication session between the embedded phone and the wireless network based on the sent confirmation.
3. A vehicle, comprising:
an embedded phone operable to:
detect the presence of the personal mobile phone;
receive a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone;
send the mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority;
send an authentication request to the personal mobile phone;
receive a confirmation of the authentication;
send the confirmation of the authentication to the wireless network authority;
end communication between the personal mobile phone and the embedded phone; and
after ending the communication, open a communication session between the embedded phone and the wireless network based on the sent confirmation.