Patent ID: 9316196
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: F02N,G07C

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle controller that is installed in a vehicle and that controls one or more operations of the vehicle, the vehicle controller comprising a control unit that: (i) outputs a first code for authentication to a judging apparatus within the vehicle, which judges whether to permit starting of a driving apparatus of the vehicle, when a request for starting the driving apparatus is obtained from an information processor which is located outside the vehicle, the first code being stored in the vehicle controller and not being transmitted from the information processor; (ii) controls locking and unlocking of doors of the vehicle when a request for door lock control is obtained from the information processor; and (iii) obtains from the judging apparatus an authentication result of whether the first code and a second code for authentication which the judging apparatus uses are identical, wherein when obtaining the request for door lock control from the information processor, the control unit controls the locking and unlocking of the doors based on the authentication result obtained from the judging apparatus within the vehicle, when detecting that an ignition switch of the vehicle has been switched from an off-state to an on-state, or has been switched from the on-state to the off-state, the vehicle controller executes processing for transmitting a vehicle position information to the information processor, and the processing for transmitting the vehicle position information to the information processor is changed in accordance with a status of a contract with a user for a service.