Patent ID: 7796021

Claim:
A system operated by at least one user, for protecting at least one child from potential danger associated with a vehicle, the vehicle having equipment elements including: a plurality of sensors, a plurality of operable devices, and a plurality of alert systems useful for providing at least one warning signal, the system comprising: at least one indicator operatively coupled to the equipment elements, and adapted to receive input commands, a report module operatively coupled to the equipment elements and adapted to sample and report a status condition of each one of the equipment elements, a control module having a processor operating in association with a memory adapted for storing commands and computer programs, wherein an input command received by the at least one indicator is selected to be stored in memory as either one of both a command stored for one drive only and a command stored for more than one drive of the vehicle, and wherein the control module is operatively coupled to the at least one indicator, to the report module, and to the equipment elements, and adapted to control, manage, and operate the system, the control module being configured to: receive input commands from the at least one indicator, receive the status condition from the report module, execute control programs responsive to information received from the at least one indicator and from the report module, and control activation and deactivation of the system.