Patent ID: 8242884

Claim:
A system for locating a vehicle comprising: a hand-held device having a screen, the hand-held device configured to import a map and display the map on the screen along with a present location of the hand-held device on the map; and a communication device on-board the vehicle configured to communicate a present location of the vehicle to the hand-held device, the hand-held device displaying the location of the vehicle and the location of the hand-held device on the map at the same time; wherein the hand-held device is operable to prompt the communication device to determine and communicate the present location of the vehicle to a server; 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 signal to actuate at least one of the horn and the light is transmitted by the server to the vehicle to activate the at least one of the horn and the light; wherein the user input device is activated when the location of the hand-held device is within a specified distance from the location of the vehicle.