s vehicle the u201c remote convenience u201d rc services are flexible and accommodate a number of operational scenarios for example the user may have i locked his keys in his car ii forgot to lock his car iii forgot where he parked his car such as in a vast parking lot or iv want to disable the vehicle the user can request remote convenience services while near the vehicle by way of cell phone or pager type device or remote from the vehicle e g at a kiosk or computer such services can include unlock lock turn on off lights honk horn set a panic alert or car finder service or disable immobilize the vehicle furthermore a service can be sub specified to do more specific tasks for example unlock may unlock one door all doors or open the trunk furthermore the available remote convenience services by design of the protocol are only limited to those vehicle functions accessible by the hpm via the vehicle bus or wired interface the protocol can pass through any commands available at such interface thereby not limiting the service to those previously listed fig1 is an illustration of the environment in which one embodiment of the present invention operates in this system the participants u201c user u201d and u201c owner u201d may be considered interchangeable provided that a non owner u201c user u201d is authorized by the owner of the vehicle a remote convenience vehicle telematics system 100 comprises a vehicle telematics control system 102 a broadcast satellite 103 and a vehicle 104 the vehicle telematics control system 102 includes the user interface to a satellite uplink system to receive user requested for remote convenience services the.