EMERGENCY OVERRIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
Emergency Override System. The system comprises an onboard device configured to disable operation of a vehicle. The onboard device includes circuitry configured to connect to one or more user-actuated vehicle components. The onboard device is configured to enable operation of a vehicle disabled by the onboard device by enabling the vehicle on detection of a preselected sequence of actions from one of the one or more user-actuated vehicle components.
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22 Claims
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1-7. -7. (canceled)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving an emergency override invocation from a user-actuated component of a device disabled by a payment enforcement system; determining, based on a preselected number of emergency overrides, if an emergency override is available; if an emergency override is available, enabling the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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9. The method of claim 9 further comprising alerting an owner of the device if an emergency override is not available.
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17. A system comprising:
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a processor; circuitry coupled to the processor and configured to disable and enable a vehicle on command from the processor; circuitry coupled to the processor and a user-actuated vehicle component; and a computer readable memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device storing a non-transitory set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; detect, via the circuitry coupled to the user-actuated vehicle component, an emergency override invocation received from a user-actuated vehicle component; based on a preselected number of emergency overrides, determine if an emergency override is available; if an emergency override is available, enable the vehicle via the circuitry configured to disable and enable the vehicle; and decrement the number of available emergency overrides. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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