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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Timothy Gordon Godfrey, Overland Park, KS (US);
James Gerard Zyren, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Timothy Gordon Godfrey, Overland Park, KS (US);
James Gerard Zyren, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving vehicle tracking and remote control. A wireless telecommunications system infrastructure receives a unique vehicle identifier via a shared-communications channel from a vehicle being tracked, as well as location information for that vehicle. The location information is derived from Global Positioning System signals or from the address of the local infrastructure currently in contact with the vehicle, or both. The same shared-communications channel is used to convey control messages to the vehicle, wherein the messages are mapped into control signals that can disable the vehicle's engine or control some other system that is part of the vehicle.