Patent ID: 6572015
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A system for authorizing control of at least two devices associated with a vehicle, comprising:a passive non-battery wireless smart card; a vehicle having a controller for communicating with the passive non-battery wireless smart card and each of the devices, wherein the controller includes: a wireless smart card reader, wherein the wireless smart card reader is for receiving an authorization code wirelessly transferred from the passive non-battery wireless smart card via radiated electromagnetic energy; and a processor for controlling each of the devices, wherein at least one of the devices is not associated with a starting mechanism; and a power supply for energizing the passive non-battery wireless smart card by radiating electromagnetic energy from the power supply to the passive non-battery wireless smart card, wherein the power supply is external to the passive non-battery wireless smart card and is other than a power supply provided in the wireless smart card reader located in the vehicle.