Patent ID: 7049942
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: B60R,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for locating stolen vehicles and preventing vehicle theft, the method comprising: providing a vehicle with a plurality of signal emitting devices, each of said plurality of signal emitting devices being independent of said vehicle's power source and camouflaged among said vehicle's various parts; storing in a central database registration data for said vehicle; placing a plurality of readers for receiving signals from said plurality of signal emitting devices at a plurality of locations in a geographical area; connecting said readers through a network to said central database; at least one of said plurality of signal emitting devices initiating transmitting information from said vehicle to said readers; at least one of said plurality of readers receiving said information; and correlating said information being received by said readers with said registration data in said central database to identify vehicles that have been reported stolen; wherein each of said signal emitting device operates at a varying signal strength.