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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Nello Joseph Santori, Jr., Canton, MI (US);
Brian Woogeun Joh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph N. Ross, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nello Joseph Santori, Jr., Canton, MI (US);
Brian Woogeun Joh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph N. Ross, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle communication system includes a processor that may query a wireless device to determine, among other things, a carrier identity. The carrier identity is the identity of the service provider for the wireless device. If the carrier identity is known, the processor may use a lookup table to determine an access phone number (APN) and a user name and password for provisioning a wireless internet connection through the wireless device. If the carrier identity is unknown, or if more than one APN and/or user name/password combination are associated with a given carrier, the processor is operable to perform a guess and check process to determine the appropriate provisioning information.