Method and system for preventing vehicle thefts
First Claim
1. A method for locating stolen vehicles and preventing vehicle theft, the method comprising:
- providing each of said vehicles with a plurality of signal emitting devices, each of said plurality of signal emitting devices being independent of said vehicle'"'"'s power source and camouflaged among said vehicles'"'"' various parts;
registering each of said vehicles in a central database;
placing readers for receiving signals from said plurality of signal emitting devices at a plurality of locations in a geographical area;
connecting said readers to a network having a central location such that all information being processed by said readers is transferred to and accessible by said central location; and
correlating said information being processed by said readers with said central database to identify vehicles that have been reported stolen.
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Abstract
There is described a system for preventing vehicle theft, the system comprising: a plurality of signal emitting devices placed and camouflaged among various parts of a vehicle, each of the plurality of signal emitting devices being independent of the vehicle'"'"'s power source; readers placed at a plurality of locations in a geographical area and connected to a network having a central location, the readers receiving signals from the plurality of signal emitting devices and transferring reader data to the central location; and a central database at the central location comprising registration data for each vehicle equipped with the signal emitting devices, and whereby the central database is correlated with the reader data to identify vehicles that have been stolen.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for locating stolen vehicles and preventing vehicle theft, the method comprising:
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providing each of said vehicles with a plurality of signal emitting devices, each of said plurality of signal emitting devices being independent of said vehicle'"'"'s power source and camouflaged among said vehicles'"'"' various parts;
registering each of said vehicles in a central database;
placing readers for receiving signals from said plurality of signal emitting devices at a plurality of locations in a geographical area;
connecting said readers to a network having a central location such that all information being processed by said readers is transferred to and accessible by said central location; and
correlating said information being processed by said readers with said central database to identify vehicles that have been reported stolen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for preventing vehicle theft, the system comprising:
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a plurality of signal emitting devices placed and camouflaged among various parts of a vehicle, each of said plurality of signal emitting devices being independent of said vehicle'"'"'s power source;
readers placed at a plurality of locations in a geographical area and connected to a network having a central location, said readers receiving signals from said plurality of signal emitting devices and transferring reader data to said central location; and
a central database at said central location comprising registration data for each vehicle equipped with said signal emitting devices, and whereby said central database is correlated with said reader data to identify vehicles that have been stolen. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for preventing vehicle thefts, the method comprising:
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at least one insurance company encouraging vehicle owners to install a vehicle theft prevention system in a vehicle by providing incentives to said vehicle owners having installed said system, said vehicle theft prevention system comprising a plurality of signal emitting devices placed among various parts of said vehicle;
said insurance company mandating vendors wishing to do business with said insurance company to install readers for receiving signals from said plurality of signal emitting devices and transferring reader data to a central location; and
correlating said information being processed by said readers with a central database to identify vehicles that have been reported stolen. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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