Patent ID: 6049269
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B60R,B60W

Abstract:
A vehicular communication and control system for providing communication, security and theft getaway foiling capabilities for individual vehicles and fleets, said system operating over radio paging and messaging networks accessible to the general public and government, and employing the addressing and messaging routines, paging data signals and coverage range of said radio networks, said system comprising:(a) a communication portion of said communication and control system including a radio frequency unit with a receiver for receiving paging data signals over said radio paging networks and a decoder with auxiliary memory for decoding said paging data signals received by said receiver, said receiver receiving the data signals including a pager address and message employing said addressing and messaging routines, and said message containing a personal identification portion and an action mode portion, said decoder decoding and verifying said pager address and affecting storage of said message containing personal identification and action mode portions of said message in said auxiliary memory;(b) a program and data processing portion including a microcontroller with non-volatile memory and programmable software including programmed personal identification information and preprogrammed action modes, each action mode corresponding to a plurality of coordinated and interactive preprogrammed instructions, including a plurality of instructions for communicating, security and theft getaway foiling, said microcontroller having means for interacting with said communication portion, with said programmable software, and with said non-volatile memory, to provide processing and verification of said personal identification and action mode message portions and if said personal identification message portion is identical to said programmed personal identification information and if said action mode is identical to a preprogrammed action mode to then provide said plurality of corresponding preprogrammed instructions to said vehicular communication and control system, including instructions for communication, security and theft getaway foiling; and(c) a control portion of said vehicular communication and control system including a multi-controller assembly for controlling multiple vehicular systems, said multicontroller assembly directly interacting with said multiple vehicular systems independently of the vehicle serial bus, body computer and multiplexers, and said control portion interacting with said program and data processing portion to enable security and theft getaway foiling per said preprogrammed instructions.