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Start system for a car, car having a start system, and method for operating a start system for a car

  • US 9,196,102 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2013
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a starting system for a car, the method comprising:

  • detecting, by the starting system, locking of a door of the car;

    when the locking of the door of the car is detected, checking, using a monitoring device in the starting system, whether a portable code transmitter for the starting system is inside a monitoring region of the monitoring device;

    deactivating a starting device of the starting system using a control device of the starting system if the portable code transmitter is not inside the monitoring region;

    operating an operator control element of the portable code transmitter and wirelessly transmitting, by the portable code transmitter, an unlocking signal that initiates an unlocking of the door of the car and an identity signal that comprises identity data;

    receiving, by the starting system, the unlocking signal and the identity signal;

    checking, using the control device, whether the received identity data matches identity data stored in the starting system; and

    activating the starting device using the control device if the received identity data matches the stored identity data.

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