Patent ID: 8237591

Claim:
A system for locating a vehicle comprising: a server; a communication device on-board the vehicle configured to communicate a present location of the vehicle to the server; a hand-held device having a screen, the hand-held device configured to import a map and to determine a present location of the hand-held device; wherein the hand-held device is configured to communicate with the server to obtain the present location of the vehicle without communicating directly with the communication device onboard the vehicle; the hand-held device is configured to display both the present location of the vehicle and the present location of the hand-held device on the map; the hand-held device includes a user input device displayed on the screen and operable to send a signal to the server to actuate at least one of a horn and a light of the vehicle; and the user input device is configured to activate when the present location of the hand-held device is within a specified distance from the present location of the vehicle.