Patent ID: 6166627
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B60R,B60W

Abstract:
A mobile detection and alert system comprising:a keyboard control unit input unit responsive to an event or condition associated with a vehicle and for providing information describing the event or condition;a plurality of sensor means operatively connected with said keyboard control unit input unit for detecting an event or condition associated with the vehicle;a satellite receiver responsive to navigation signals transmitted by a satellite navigation system and for providing information inherently describing the vehicle's location based on the navigation signals;a keyboard control unit controller operatively connected with and responsive to said keyboard control unit input unit and said satellite receiver, said keyboard control unit controller including a wireless transmitter and a phone voice module, wherein said wireless transmitter is for transmitting information onto a communications link, the information transmitted on the communications link including both the information describing the event or condition and information inherently describing the vehicle's location, and wherein said phone voice module provides user interface via any touch tone standard voice grade phone line, for the purpose of system interrogation, remote arming/disarming, remote control of generator and temperature controls, and uploading and downloading of program information; and,a central monitoring facility for providing round-the-clock vehicle monitoring.