Sharing account information and a phone number between personal mobile phone and an in-vehicle embedded phone

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone is performed based on at least one of a Bluetooth link, an infrared wireless (IR) link, an 802.11 wireless network link, or a physical electrical wire link.

Claim 4

A phone embedded within a vehicle for automatically using a service plan of a personal mobile phone, the embedded phone comprising: an internal communication component for detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone, and receiving a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone; and an external communication component in communication with the internal communication component for sending the received mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority, and receiving an authentication request for the personal mobile phone, wherein the internal communication component sends the authentication request to the personal mobile phone that generates an authentication signal in response to the authentication request, the generated authentication signal is sent to the external communication component via the internal communication component, the internal communication component then ends communication with the personal mobile phone, and the external communication component sends the authentication signal to the wireless network authority.

Claim 5

A phone embedded within a vehicle for automatically using a service plan of a personal mobile phone, the embedded phone comprising: an internal communication component for detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone, and receiving a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone; and an external communication component in communication with the internal communication component for sending the received mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority, and receiving an authentication request for the personal mobile phone, wherein the internal communication component sends the authentication request to the personal mobile phone that generates an authentication signal in response to the authentication request, the generated authentication signal is sent to the external communication component via the internal communication component, the internal communication component then ends communication with the personal mobile phone, and the external communication component sends the authentication signal to the wireless network authority.

Claim 6

The embedded phone of claim 3 , wherein the internal communication component performs interaction with the personal mobile phone based on at least one of a Bluetooth link, an infrared wireless (IR) link, an 802.11 wireless network link, or a physical electrical wire link.