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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:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Craig Henry Becker, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmy Ming-der Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Peter Y. Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Craig Henry Becker, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmy Ming-Der Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Peter Y. Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An alarm system and method by which a user can be alerted to a detected condition regarding their vehicle, can view what is happening in and around the vehicle, and can remotely turn off or reset the alarm if it is determined that an alarm is false. This is provided using one or more cameras and a cellular telephone to which the pictures can be sent.