System and method for setting functions according to location

• US 8,519,836 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2011
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Victor A. Grossman
• Original Assignee: Victor A. Grossman
• Inventors: Grossman, Victor A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US13/301,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20120235834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426.1, 340/429.19, 340/438, 340/429, 340/539.13, 340/426.11
• US Class Current: 340/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/01 operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/30 including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/143 Alarm means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/0677 Engine power
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/30 Auxiliary equipments
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2756/10 Involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/082 Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/12 Limiting control by the driver depending on vehicle state, e.g. interlocking means for the control input for preventing unsafe operation
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1427 with transmitter-receiver for distance detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/22 Provisions facilitating manual calibration, e.g. input or output provisions for testing; Holding of intermittent values to permit measurement

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method for controlling functions of a vehicular alarm. The method includes receiving one or more signals including location information, determining a location of the vehicle using the location information, setting one or more functions based on the location information, determining whether an alarm function is activated, and activating the one or more functions according to the setting upon determining that an alarm has been activated. The method may further include using GPS data or signals transmitted from one or more base stations (e.g., from cellular telephone base stations, computer networks, proprietary transmitters, etc.) to determine the position of the apparatus (e.g., installed in the vehicle). The apparatus may also inform a user of regulations relating to an area dependent upon its location.

Claims

1. A mobile station including a plurality of controllable functions, comprising:

a receiver which receives location information; and

a controller operative to;

determine a location of the mobile station using the location information;

obtain information relating to one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station;

display information relating to the one or more regulations corresponding to the location so as to inform a user of the one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station, and

activate one or more functions according to the one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station.

2. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the controller enters an alarm mode set in accordance with the one or more regulations corresponding to the location of mobile station.

3. The mobile station of claim 2, wherein the controller determines whether a trigger signal is generated, and activates one or more functions when the controller determines that the trigger signal has been generated.

4. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the controller sets the one or more functions in accordance with the one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station.

5. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the one or more functions correspond to an alarm function, an audible device function, an ignition/run function, a window function, a light function, a lock function, a paging function, a privacy function, an energy refilling function, and a valet function.

6. The mobile station of claim 5, wherein the mobile station comprises a vehicle security system.

7. A mobile station, comprising:

a controller operative to;

receive location information corresponding to a location of the mobile station;

determine the location of the mobile station using the location information;

obtain information relating to one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station;

display information relating to the one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station; and

determine whether a trigger signal is generated, wherein the trigger signal is generated by at least one of a window sensor, a door sensor, a sound sensor, a movement sensor, and a time signal input.

8. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the controller sets an alarm function of the mobile station in accordance with the one or more regulations corresponding to the location of the mobile station.

9. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the controller further sets one or more functions of the mobile station based upon the one or more regulations.

10. The mobile station of claim 9, wherein the one or more functions relate to a horn function, a speaker function, an ignition/run function, a window function, a light function, a lock function, a paging function, a door function, an energy refilling function, a privacy function, and a valet function.

11. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the controller displays information corresponding to a present location of the mobile station upon determining that the location of the mobile station has changed.

12. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the controller restricts operation of the mobile station when the trigger event signal is detected.

13. A method for controlling a mobile station having a controller, comprising:

determining, by the controller, a location of the mobile station using location information;

obtaining information relating to one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station;

displaying information relating to the one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station; and

activating, by the controller, one or more functions in accordance with the one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, activating, by the controller, an alarm.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising, activating, by the controller, the alarm in accordance with the one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising outputting via a speaker or a display an energy refilling option when it is detected that the vehicle has entered an energy refilling area.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising, setting, by the controller, the one or more functions based upon the one or more regulations.

18. A method for controlling a mobile station having a controller, comprising:

determining, by the controller, a location of the mobile station using location information;

obtaining information relating to one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station;

displaying information relating to the one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station; and

activating, by the controller, an alarm in accordance with the one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station.

19. A method for controlling a mobile station having a controller, comprising:

determining, by the controller, a location of the mobile station using location information;

obtaining information relating to one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station;

displaying information relating to the one or more regulations corresponding with the location of the mobile station; and

outputting via a speaker or a display an energy refilling option when it is detected that the vehicle has entered an energy refilling area.