Services for a vehicle or fleet of vehicles can be ordered, renewed,
modified, managed, configured, and/or cancelled through a common
interface. Services may be managed remotely from outside the vehicle as
well as from within the vehicle. For example, the driver of a vehicle
could access a secure web site from their home computer to subscribe for
satellite radio services, cancel a subscription for global positioning
information, renew a contract for broadband Internet access in the
vehicle, and modify a relationship for remote vehicle security services.
Each service that is registered with the system can possess a different
status. Such functionality allows devices necessary for various services
to be pre-installed in the vehicle. The service management system can
also store user profiles that reflect user preferences and patterns of
behavior with respect to how the services are performed and configured.