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REMOTE START SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

  • US 20150005984A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2013
  • Published: 01/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote start system for a motor vehicle, comprising;

  • a vehicle power plant disposed in the motor vehicle;

    an electronic vehicle geographic location system disposed in the motor vehicle;

    a starting system connected to the vehicle power plant and in communication with the electronic vehicle geographic location system, the starting system including;

    a geo-bounded on state electrically enabling the vehicle power plant to provide tractive power to a vehicle drive wheel as long as the motor vehicle remains within a predetermined geographical boundary;

    a geo-bounded off state electrically disabling the vehicle power plant from providing tractive power to the vehicle drive wheel or an other vehicle drive wheel when the motor vehicle is not within the predetermined geographical boundary; and

    a normal state overriding the geo-bounded off state and the geo-bounded on state to electrically enable the vehicle power plant to provide tractive power to the vehicle drive wheel, wherein a hardware key must be within a predetermined distance of the starting system for the starting system to be in the normal state and wherein the hardware key is not required for the starting system to enter the geo-bounded on state; and

    a smart phone in electromagnetic communication with an authentication system of the starting system, wherein the starting system enters into the geo-bounded on state only in response to an authenticated start command from the smart phone.

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