Patent ID: 9656632
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60R,F02N,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method of operating a telematics system, comprising: detecting the presence of an unauthorized access to a motor vehicle using a control unit integrated in the motor vehicle; and when determining the presence of an unauthorized access to the vehicle: irreversibly deactivating a functional unit, integrated in the motor vehicle and configured to operate an engine start of the vehicle and/or to unlock or lock the motor vehicle, by the control unit in response to an unauthorized access to the motor vehicle, wherein the functional unit is deactivated by physically destroying a hardware component by sending an electromagnetic pulse and by applying a mechanical force, required for functionality of the functional unit, wherein the hardware component is a chip; and sending specified data about the unauthorized access to a vehicle-remote server of the telematics system by the control unit.