VEHICLE DISABLEMENT SYSTEM USER INTERFACE

• US 20090234770A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Payment Protection Systems, Inc. (Sekurus, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Payment Protection Systems, Inc. (Sekurus, Inc.)
• Inventors: Simon, Michael P.
• Application Number:
  US12/048,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments

Abstract

A user interface for a vehicle disablement system is provided. The user interface provides an indication of an amount of time remaining prior to disablement of the vehicle. The indication can be performed using a light emitting diode (LED) which produces either a red or green light. The indication can also be performed by an LED producing a number of blinks corresponding to the amount of time remaining prior to disablement of the vehicle. Additional LEDs can be provided within a numbered user interface, for example, wherein an LED of a number on the user interface is illuminated corresponding to an amount of time remaining prior to disablement of the vehicle.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A vehicle disablement system comprising:

a vehicle disablement device which disables a vehicle if a code is not received by the system prior to a payment due deadline; and

a user interface, the user interface comprising;

a plurality of numbered buttons for inputting the code into the system, and with at least one of the plurality of buttons illuminated with a number corresponding to the remaining number of days prior to disablement of the vehicle.

9. The vehicle disablement system of claim 8, wherein the numbered buttons are illuminated with a light emitting diode.

10. The vehicle disablement system of claim 8, wherein the code input via the user interface is compared to codes corresponding to payment due dates stored in a memory to prevent disablement of the vehicle.

11. The vehicle disablement system of claim 8, wherein the system further comprises a communication interface, with the communication interface receiving information wirelessly from an external device.

12. The vehicle disablement system of claim 11, wherein the information received by the communication interface is used for initial programming of the vehicle disablement system.

13. The vehicle disablement system of claim 8, wherein the vehicle disablement device and the user interface are comprised within a single enclosure.

14. The vehicle disablement system of claim 8, wherein the vehicle disablement device and the user interface are comprised within separate enclosures.

15. The vehicle disablement system of claim 8, further comprising another indicator which is comprised of a light emitting diode which produces a green light when payments are current and a red light when a payment due date is within a predetermined number of days.

16. The vehicle disablement system of claim 15, wherein the red light blinks corresponding to the number of days prior to disablement of the vehicle.