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Starter-interrupt device incorporating global positioning system functionality

  • US 9,183,530 B2
  • Filed: 10/06/2006
  • Issued: 11/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of enforcing a payment schedules for a vehicle purchase, comprising:

  • receiving, via an electronic communications network, information regarding payments made by a vehicle purchaser;

    transmitting, via an electronic communications network, a message to a disabling device onboard the vehicle, the message defines a permitted geographic region of operation for the vehicle, and the transmitting responsive to a nonpayment event;

    receiving an indication of violation of the permitted geographic region, the indication created by the device onboard the vehicle; and

    responsive to the GPS information indicating violation of the permitted geographic region of operation, disabling the vehicle.

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