Patent ID: 8522740

Claim:
A system for automatically starting an engine installed in a vehicle, the system comprising: a storing unit configured to store historical information in response to when a starter switch is manually performed exclusively by a user to transiently trigger automatic start of the engine, the historical information representing that the user's manual momentary operation of the starter switch has occurred; a validation unit having a first identifier uniquely identifying the vehicle and configured to: carry out validation communications, in at least one of direct and indirect procedures, with a communication device storing therein a second identifier of the vehicle, the communication device being used by a user of the vehicle, the validation communications using the first identifier and the second identifier; and validate whether the user of the vehicle is certificated based on the validation communication result; and an engine starting unit configured to: monitor whether the starter switch is turned on by the user in parallel to the operation of the validation communications, disable start of the engine after the user's momentary operation of the starter switch when the starter switch is off and the historical information has not been stored by the storing unit, and automatically start the engine when the historical information has been stored by the storing unit even if the manual performance of the starter switch is turned off before completion of the validation communications, simultaneously with when it is determined that the user of the vehicle is certificated.