Remote vehicle engine immobilization
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at a master control device of a first vehicle, a request inputted by a user to initiate vehicle immobilization of a second vehicle;
sending an information query command from the master control device of the first vehicle to a vehicle communication device of the second vehicle via proximity communication directly between the master control device on the first vehicle and the vehicle communication device on the second vehicle in response to the request;
receiving, at the master control device of the first vehicle, a device identifier from the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle via the proximity communication in response to the information query command, the device identifier uniquely identifying the vehicle communication device; and
sending, from the master control device of the first vehicle, a vehicle immobilization request that includes the device identifier of the vehicle communication device to a wireless communication carrier prompting the wireless communication carrier to broadcast an immobilization command via a cellular communication network to the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle that is identified by the device identifier.
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Abstract
A device may remotely immobilize a vehicle via peer-to-peer device communication or network assisted communication. Initially, a request inputted by a user to initiate vehicle immobilization of a vehicle may be received at a master control device. The master control device may send an information query command to the vehicle communication device of the vehicle via proximity communication. Subsequently, the master control device may receive a device identifier from the vehicle communication device via the proximity communication. A vehicle immobilization request that includes the device identifier may be sent from the master control device to a wireless communication carrier. The request may prompt the wireless communication carrier to broadcast an immobilization command via a cellular communication network to the vehicle communication device of the vehicle that is identified by the device identifier. Alternatively, the master control device may directly send the immobilization command to the vehicle communication device.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, at a master control device of a first vehicle, a request inputted by a user to initiate vehicle immobilization of a second vehicle; sending an information query command from the master control device of the first vehicle to a vehicle communication device of the second vehicle via proximity communication directly between the master control device on the first vehicle and the vehicle communication device on the second vehicle in response to the request; receiving, at the master control device of the first vehicle, a device identifier from the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle via the proximity communication in response to the information query command, the device identifier uniquely identifying the vehicle communication device; and sending, from the master control device of the first vehicle, a vehicle immobilization request that includes the device identifier of the vehicle communication device to a wireless communication carrier prompting the wireless communication carrier to broadcast an immobilization command via a cellular communication network to the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle that is identified by the device identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
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receiving a vehicle immobilization request to remotely immobilize a first vehicle from a master control device of a second vehicle, the vehicle immobilization request being initiated in response to a user input of a user; extracting a vehicle identifier or a device identifier from the vehicle immobilization request, the device identifier being obtained by the master control device of the second vehicle from a vehicle communication device of the first vehicle via proximity communication directly between the master control device of the second vehicle and the vehicle communication device of the first vehicle, the device identifier uniquely identifying the vehicle communication device; broadcasting an immobilization command that includes the device identifier via a cellular communication network to the first vehicle to immobilize the first vehicle, when the device identifier is extracted from the vehicle immobilization request; and obtaining the device identifier for the vehicle identifier from a carrier database of a wireless communication carrier, the carrier database correlating vehicle identifiers with device identifiers, and broadcasting the immobilization command that includes the device identifier via the cellular communication network to the first vehicle, when the vehicle identifier is extracted from the vehicle immobilization request. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A device on a first vehicle, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory having instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising; sending an information query command to a vehicle communication device of a second vehicle via proximity communication, in response to receiving a request inputted by a user to initiate vehicle immobilization of the second vehicle; receiving a device identifier from the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle via the proximity communication in response to the information query command, the device identifier uniquely identifying the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle; and broadcasting an immobilization command that includes the device identifier to the second vehicle via the proximity communication, the immobilization command causing the vehicle communication device to send a signal to an engine disabler of the second vehicle in response to the device identifier included in the immobilization command matches an embedded device identifier stored in the vehicle communication device of the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification