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Apparatus and method for maintaining communications with a vehicle in the presence of jamming

  • US 8,175,573 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2009
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of maintaining communications with a vehicle in the presence of jamming, the method comprising:

  • at the vehicle;

    detecting that jamming of communications associated with at least one electronic device disposed at a vehicle is occurring;

    responsive to detecting the jamming, transmitting an indication from the vehicle to a dynamically tuned base station informing the base station that jamming is occurring;

    upon receipt of the indication at the base station, subsequently conducting communications between a stolen vehicle tracking (SVT) server and the vehicle on at least one predetermined and prearranged communication channel, the SVT server being in communication with the base station, the channel being established between the base station and the vehicle without the use of an intervening mobile wireless device, wherein at least one transmitter at the vehicle is dynamically tuned to the same channel as the dynamically tuned base station.

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