Processing requests to establish communication sessions in a mobile vehicle communication system

A system for processing requests to establish wireless communication sessions in a mobile vehicle communications system, comprising:

• an electronic processor having an electrical input for receiving a request to establish a communication session between a telematics unit and a remote facility, wherein the request takes the form of one or more electrical signals;
• and
• an electronic memory device electrically coupled to the electronic processor and having instructions stored therein,
• wherein the processor is configured to access the memory device and execute the instructions stored therein such that it is operable to:
• determine whether less than a predetermined number of requests to establish a communication session between the telematics unit and the remote facility have been received from the sender of the request within a predetermined period of time;
• and
• when it is determined that less than the predetermined number of requests have been received from the sender within the predetermined period of time, establish a communication session between the telematics unit and the remote facility.

A method of managing requests to establish wireless communication sessions in a mobile vehicle communications system, comprising:

• receiving a request to establish a communication session between a telematics unit and a remote facility, wherein the request takes the form of one or more electrical signals;
• processing the received electrical signal(s) to determine an identifier corresponding to the sender of the request;
• determining whether a particular number of requests to establish a wireless communication session between the telematics unit and the remote facility have been received from the sender within a particular period of time;
• and
• when it is determined that the particular number of requests have been received from the sender within the particular period of time, identifying the sender as a sender for which communication sessions should not be established and storing the identifier corresponding thereto in an electronic memory device.