Vehicle anti-theft apparatus
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1. A vehicle anti-theft apparatus for use with a portable device having an ID code to prevent theft of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a first recording circuit that registers the code of the portable device;
a position determination circuit that determines a present position of the vehicle;
a second recording circuit that registers a predetermined registered position; and
a control circuit that enables registration of the ID code of the portable device in the first recording circuit based on the present position of the vehicle corresponding with the registered position.
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Abstract
An anti-theft apparatus including a first memory, which stores an ID code registered in a portable device, a GPS receiver, which determines the present position of the vehicle, a second memory, which stores a predetermined registered position, and a control circuit, which enables registration of the ID code to the first memory when the present position of the vehicle matches the registered position stored in the second memory.
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1. A vehicle anti-theft apparatus for use with a portable device having an ID code to prevent theft of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a first recording circuit that registers the code of the portable device; a position determination circuit that determines a present position of the vehicle; a second recording circuit that registers a predetermined registered position; and a control circuit that enables registration of the ID code of the portable device in the first recording circuit based on the present position of the vehicle corresponding with the registered position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for preventing theft of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a portable device having an ID code; storing the ID code of the portable device and a predetermined registered position; in the vehicle; determining the present position of the vehicle; and enabling registration of the ID code of the portable device in the first recording circuit based on the present position of the vehicle corresponding with the registered position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of restricting vehicle configuration to set of at least one authorized service provider, the method comprising:
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providing a configurable feature in a vehicle, the configurable feature having a use mode of operation and a configuration mode of operation; pre-registering, in the vehicle, a set of at least one location of the at least one authorized service provider; automatically determining, by the vehicle, a present location of the vehicle; and automatically restricting, by the vehicle, access to the configuration mode of operation of the configurable feature such that the configuration mode of operation is unavailable when the present location of the vehicle is other than proximate to any of the at least one location of the at least one authorized service provider. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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