METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURE KEYLESS ENTRY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A remote, electronic keyless entry system for fleet vehicle management, the system comprising:
- an access device, wherein the access device is a personalized, programmable access device carried by a user desiring access to a particular locked vehicle in a fleet vehicle management environment;
an access control device, wherein the access control device is located on an automobile vehicle and is configured to access electronically an on-board vehicle keyless entry system; and
an access chip module, wherein the access chip module is electronically attached to the access control device and is configured to activate the on-board vehicle keyless entry system and thereby unlock the particular locked vehicle;
wherein secure keyless entry is provided to the user for a vehicle in the fleet vehicle management environment without the user having possession of a vehicle key or a vehicle key fob to gain entry to the vehicle.
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Abstract
The technology described herein provides a keyless entry system and associated method for fleet vehicle management. Secure keyless entry is provided to a user for a vehicle in the fleet vehicle management environment without the user having possession of a vehicle key or a vehicle key fob to gain entry to the vehicle. Additionally, in various embodiments, this technology provides a personalized, programmable access device carried by a user desiring access to a particular locked vehicle in a fleet vehicle management environment, an access control device configured to access electronically an on-board vehicle keyless entry system, and an access chip module electronically attached to the access control device and configured to activate the on-board vehicle keyless entry system and thereby unlock the particular locked vehicle. Furthermore, this technology provides a system with local management, reporting, audit trails, wireless connectivity to each access control device, and self-testing.
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31 Claims
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1. A remote, electronic keyless entry system for fleet vehicle management, the system comprising:
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an access device, wherein the access device is a personalized, programmable access device carried by a user desiring access to a particular locked vehicle in a fleet vehicle management environment; an access control device, wherein the access control device is located on an automobile vehicle and is configured to access electronically an on-board vehicle keyless entry system; and an access chip module, wherein the access chip module is electronically attached to the access control device and is configured to activate the on-board vehicle keyless entry system and thereby unlock the particular locked vehicle; wherein secure keyless entry is provided to the user for a vehicle in the fleet vehicle management environment without the user having possession of a vehicle key or a vehicle key fob to gain entry to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for the remote, electronic keyless entry in fleet vehicle management, the method comprising:
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configuring an access control device to correspond to an on-board keyless entry system in a specific vehicle in a fleet vehicle management environment; placing the configured access control device with the specific vehicle; parking the vehicle in the fleet vehicle management environment with the configured access control device located on the vehicle; approaching the specific vehicle with an access device for the specific vehicle; authenticating, by the access control device, whether a bearer of the approaching access device is, in fact, authorized to gain entry into the specific vehicle; triggering an access chip module, by the access control device, to activate the on-board keyless entry system receptors in the specific vehicle and unlock the vehicle; and relocking automatically the vehicle after a predetermined period of time due to access inactivity, relocking the vehicle by using the access device, or relocking the vehicle with a command from a local server; wherein secure keyless entry is provided to the user for the vehicle in the fleet vehicle management environment without the user having possession of a vehicle key or a vehicle key fob to gain entry to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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