Remote vehicle system configuration, control, and telematics

A method of configuring a vehicle control system (VCS) installed a vehicle, the method comprising:

• establishing a communication link between the VCS and a mobile communication device, wherein the communication link is at least in part of a radio frequency (RF) link;
• receiving by the mobile communication device from an external wireless RF interface of the VCS vehicle information of the vehicle;
• transmitting the vehicle information from the mobile communication device to one or more remote servers;
• receiving by the mobile communication device from a first user of the mobile communication device one or more responses regarding configuration of the VCS;
• receiving by the mobile communication device from the one or more remote servers data for configuring the VCS for the predetermined vehicle, the data comprising one or more configuration parameters for installation of the VCS in the predetermined vehicle, the one or more configuration parameters being based on the one or more responses regarding configuration of the VCS and the vehicle information;
• transmitting by the mobile communication device to the VCS through the communication link the one or more configuration parameters.

An article of manufacture comprising at least one non-volatile machine-readable storage medium with program code stored in the at least one non-volatile machine-readable storage medium, the program code comprising instructions to configure a mobile communication device to:

• establish a communication link between the mobile communication device and a vehicle control system (VCS) installed in a vehicle, wherein the communication link is at least in part a radio frequency (RF) link;
• receive from an external wireless RF interface of the VCS vehicle information of the vehicle;
• transmit the vehicle information to one or more remote servers;
• receive from a first user of the mobile communication device one or more responses regarding configuration of the VCS in the vehicle;
• receive from the one or more remote servers data for configuring the VCS for the vehicle, the data comprising one or more configuration parameters for configuring the VCS for installation in the vehicle, the one or more configuration parameters being based on the one or more responses regarding configuration of the VCS in the vehicle and the vehicle information;
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• transmit to the VCS through the communication link the one or more configuration parameters.