Abstract: A method of updating an On Board Diagnostic system of a transportation vehicle comprises establishing On Board Diagnostic system access credentials for a mobile device linked to an account of a user of the transportation vehicle, wherein the access credentials are configured to serve as authorization information for access to the On Board Diagnostic system of the transportation vehicle and registering the mobile device to an On Board Diagnostic system access list. The method further comprises receiving the access credentials from the mobile device, authorizing the mobile device to access the On Board Diagnostic system of the transportation vehicle, receiving information about the transportation vehicle, and delivering an update to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to install the update on the On Board Diagnostic system.

Abstract: A method of registering a telematics unit for telematics services is disclosed. The method comprises a mobile communication device of a subscriber contacting a mobile network operator (MNO) to register a telematics unit (TU) of a vehicle for telematics services, wherein the mobile communication device provides a vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle that the TU is associated with. The MNO looks up a phone number of the TU based on the VIN. A mobile communication network sends an electronic message to remove incoming voice call blocking of the phone number. The MNO then places a voice call to the unpublished phone number of the TU. The MNO then validates the subscriber. The MNO then engages in a voice dialog with the subscriber associated with the vehicle via the TU. The mobile communication network then sends an electronic message to reestablish voice call blocking of the TU.

Abstract: A method of customizing a device in accordance with the company for whom the device-user works and in accordance with the job held by the user at the company. A provisioning system receives a request to provision (e.g., activate) a device and responsively determines the company at which the device-user works and the job held by the user at the company. The provisioning system then establishes customization-data usable by the device to become customized in a manner corresponding with the company and job, and the provisioning system sends the customization-data to the device to cause the device to become customized accordingly. This process can be applied to automatically customize a device so as to adopt a base user-interface, functionality, and reference data that is all related to the company at which the device-user works and that is tailored in a manner appropriate to the user's job at the company.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage media is provided for consolidating an operating status of a mobile device. APIs and applications operate in the mobile device to collect various data associated with the operation of the mobile device. The mobile device can be configured by a user or a service provider system to determine which data to collect. The collected data is consolidated through calculations resulting in a single value or variable that indicates the operating health of the mobile device. A visual representation of the single value or variable is provided in a display at the mobile device to illustrate the health of the mobile device to the user.

Abstract: A method and system for managing message-presentation in a subscriber station. A message and a time-based schedule for the presentation of the message are sent over a communications network to the subscriber station. As a response to this, the subscriber station may responsively present the message according to the time-based schedule. Further, a schedule-change order may be sent to the subscriber station to change the time-based message-presentation schedule. Such a change may, for instance, substitute a substitute-schedule for the original schedule, alter a schedule for presentation, or delete a schedule.