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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Kenneth S. Ehrman, New York, NY (US);
Michael L. Ehrman, New York, NY (US);
Jeffrey M. Jagid, Closter, NJ (US);
Joseph M. Pinzon, Bronx, NY (US);
Yaron Hecker, New York, NY (US);
Leonard Pimentel, Newfoundland, NJ (US);
Kenneth S. Ehrman, New York, NY (US);
Michael L. Ehrman, New York, NY (US);
Jeffrey M. Jagid, Closter, NJ (US);
Joseph M. Pinzon, Bronx, NY (US);
Yaron Hecker, New York, NY (US);
Leonard Pimentel, Newfoundland, NJ (US);
I.D. Systems, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Abstract
A vehicle provided with means to prevent the use of the vehicle, or access to it, by unauthorized persons is described. The method includes receiving an operator identifier from a certain operator; determining a group identifier associated with the received operator identifier, the group identifier being indicative of a group of one or more potential operators authorized to operate the asset; determining, based on the group identifier and the received operator identifier, whether the certain operator is one of the potential operators and thus authorized to utilize the asset; and communicating with the asset to enable usage of the asset by the certain operator in response to successfully determining that the certain operator is authorized to utilize the asset.