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Vehicle security system with secure valet switch

  • US 5,467,070 A
  • Filed: 02/16/1993
  • Issued: 11/14/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle security system having a secure valet mode of operation, comprising:

  • a first user-operated communication device for generating a coded arm/disarm signal for putting said security system in an armed state or in a disarmed state, wherein when said system is in said armed state and is tripped, an alarm is generated, and when said system is in said disarmed state, said system is responsive to predetermined arming conditions to be put into said armed state;

    a user-operated valet switch means disposed within said vehicle;

    a system controller responsive to valet mode signals entered via said valet switch means to enter a secure valet mode wherein said system is turned off and thereby disabled from tripping and generating an alarm, and is further disabled from being put into said armed state so long as said system in said secure valet mode, said controller comprising means for comparing said valet mode signals to a predetermined valid valet access code, and means permitting said system to be put into said secure valet mode in response to signals entered via said valet switch means only if said signals comprise said valid valet access code, said system controller further comprising means responsive to receipt of said coded arm/disarm signals for arming or disarming said security system if said system is not in said secure valet mode,wherein said secure valet mode may be entered via signals received from said valet switch means only if said predetermined access code is first entered via said switch means.

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