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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Nicholas Duane Fifer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Itzhack Goldberg, Hadera, IL;
Julianne Frances Haugh, Austin, TX (US);
Boaz Mizrachi, Haifa, IL;
Nicholas Duane Fifer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Itzhack Goldberg, Hadera, IL;
Julianne Frances Haugh, Austin, TX (US);
Boaz Mizrachi, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A vehicle antitheft system and method detects the starting of a vehicle and starts a first timer. If the first timer times out without the system having detected a first predetermined sequence, the system actuates a vehicle system warning signal and starts a second timer. If the second timer times out without detecting a second predetermined sequence, which may be the same as or different from the first predetermined sequence, the system disables the vehicle. The system may send vehicle location information to a monitoring service or the like. The vehicle remains disabled until the antitheft system is reset.