Patent ID: 6756899
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An antitheft system comprising a portable communication terminal and a center apparatus for taking charge of a vehicle against theft, wherein the portable communication terminal comprises:access means for accessing the center apparatus; and instruction means for instructing the center apparatus to register a security mode, the security mode indicating whether security for the vehicle is on or off, and wherein the center apparatus comprises: first reception means for receiving an instruction to register the security mode from the instruction means; registration means for registering the security mode on the basis of the instruction received by the first reception means; second reception means for receiving an abnormality detection signal from the vehicle; judgment means for judging the security mode registered in the registration means when the second reception means receives the abnormality detection signal; and notification means for notifying the portable communication terminal of abnormality on the basis of a judgment result by the judgment means, wherein the access means, center apparatus, instruction means, first reception means, registration means, second reception means, judgment means, and notification means are external to and separate from the vehicle.