Patent ID: 7009499

Claim:
A vehicle anti-theft entry system comprising: a keypad; a first and second indicator lights; a theft deterrent module disposed in said vehicle, said theft deterrent module asserting said first indicator light and receiving a PIN from said keypad; an access control module having a list of codes, said access control module receiving said PIN from said theft deterrent module and comparing said PIN to said list of codes, said access control module sending a restricted access code to said theft deterrent module if said PIN matches a restricted code of said list of codes, said access control module sending an unrestricted access code to said theft deterrent module if said PIN matches an unrestricted code of said list of codes, and said access control module sending a deny access code to said theft deterrent module if said PIN matches none of said list of codes; said theft deterrent module receiving said access code, said theft deterrent module asserting said first indicator light and outputting deny data to control substantially a function of said vehicle if said access code is said deny access code; said theft deterrent module asserting said second indicator light and outputting restricted data to control substantially said function of said vehicle if said access code is said restricted access code; and said theft deterrent module asserting said second indicator light and outputting unrestricted data to allow substantially said function of said vehicle if said access code is said unrestricted access code.