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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mercedes-Benz AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082531 ; 34082534 ; 34082544 ; 34082569 ; 34082572 ; 340426 ; 340474 ;
Abstract
A vehicle key with an installed electronic system is used, for example, for wireless communication with the vehicle for controlling a vehicle locking system or a drive-away blocking system. The electronic vehicle key has a voice memory, a voice output unit, a control unit with a voice system function a radio call receiving device, a radio call information output unit and a control unit. By means of the voice system function, for example, the parking site of a vehicle can be stored in the key and can be emitted again in voice form. A key equipped with the radio call receiving function permits the transmission of radio call messages to the owner of the key.