System and method for contact information access

A vehicle comprising:

• a network access device configured to receive a communication from a personal device via a first form of communication;
• a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect vehicle speed data;
• a memory configured to store a plurality of contacts in a contact list;
• a navigation unit configured to obtain a current location of the vehicle;
• and
• an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the navigation unit and configured to:
• extract a contract attribute, an expected arrival time and a destination location from the received communication,
• determine that the contact attribute matches a contact attribute of a contact in the contact list,
• determine an estimated arrival time based on the vehicle speed data, the current location of the vehicle and the destination location,
• determine that the estimated arrival time is later than the expected arrival time,
• determine that the contact is to receive a reply to the received communication,
• determine that the contact has a second contact attribute that identifies a response destination where the reply is to be sent and that is associated with a second form of communication,
• determine that the response destination is available to receive the reply via the second form of communication,
• generate the reply to the received communication, and
• automatically communicate the reply to the response destination using the second form of communication.

A method for automatically responding to a communication, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a processor and from a memory, a contact list that includes a contact;
• obtaining, by the processor, a communication from a personal device via a first form of communication;
• extracting, by the processor and from the communication, an expected arrival time and contact information;
• determining, by the processor, that the contact information matches a contact attribute of the contact;
• determining, by the processor, that the contact is to receive a reply to the received communication;
• determining, by the processor, that the contact has a second contact attribute that identifies a response destination where the reply is to be sent and that is associated with a second form of communication;
• determining, by the processor, that the response destination is available to receive the reply via the second form of communication;
• generating, by the processor, the reply to the received communication;
• and
• sending the reply to the response destination using the second form of communication.