Patent ID: 6335679
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle alarm and pager system for paging remote individuals and for detecting intruders and notifying vehicle operators of the presence of intruders, the vehicle alarm and pager system comprising:an alarm unit for installation on a vehicle and being operable to transmit an alarm signal upon occurrence of an alarm condition; a remote arming unit for accompanying a vehicle operator, and being selectively operable to transmit a wireless arming signal to the alarm unit, and wherein the alarm unit is operable to receive the arming signal and to arm and disarm upon receipt of the arming signal; an alert transmitter for installation on a vehicle, and the alert transmitter being operable to receive the alarm signal from the alarm unit and being further operable to transmit a wireless alert signal upon receipt of the alarm signal; a remote alert transceiver for accompanying a vehicle operator, and the remote alert transceiver being operable to receive the wireless alert signal from the alert transmitter and being further operable to transmit an alert activation signal upon receipt of the wireless alert signal and to transmit a wireless acknowledgment signal to alarm the unit, and the alarm unit being operable to receive the wireless acknowledgment signal; an alarm device for installation on a vehicle and being operable to receive the alarm signal from the alarm unit, and being further operable to emit an alarm upon receipt of the alarm signal, and wherein the alarm unit is operable to deactivate the alarm device upon receipt of the wireless acknowledgment signal from the remote alert transceiver; a remote alert device for accompanying a vehicle operator, and the remote alert device being operable to receive the alert activation signal from the remote alert transceiver and being further operable to generate a user signal to notify the vehicle operator of the alarm condition upon receipt of the alert activation signal; and a remote housing holding the remote arming unit, remote alert transceiver, and remote alert device.