A vehicle telematics radio operable for providing and disabling driving directions
to pre-selected destinations includes a receiver, memory, a processor, and an interface.
The memory stores the location of at least one pre-selected destination. The interface
receives a request from a vehicle operator for the driving directions to a desired
pre-selected destination. The receiver receives a position signal indicative of
the current location of the vehicle. The processor determines the driving directions
from the current location of the vehicle to the pre-selected destination based
on the position signal and map information. The interface then provides the operator
with the driving directions to the desired pre-selected destination. In special
situations such as when either the vehicle or telematics radio is stolen or missing,
the telematics radio may be disabled from providing driving directions in response
to receiving a deactivation signal.
