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Vehicle anti-theft system and method

  • US 20060022809A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2005
  • Published: 02/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for identifying whether a vehicle has been stolen, the method comprising:

  • detecting a usage of said vehicle for its transportation from one location to another, through wireless communication with a unit in the vehicle;

    requesting, at the unit in the vehicle, an identification from an identification device;

    if said identification is received automatically and without user intervention, comparing said identification with an internal identification setting;

    if said internal identification setting does not match said received identification or if said identification is not received, emitting an alert message comprising information concerning said vehicle in a predetermined communication range of said vehicle;

    receiving said alert message at a surveillance unit installed in a surveillance station, when said surveillance station is within said predetermined communication range of said vehicle; and

    indicating said information concerning said vehicle at said surveillance unit;

    whereby a thief of said vehicle is unaware of the request for said identification and the vehicle is identified as a stolen vehicle.

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