Patent ID: 8587435

Claim:
A vehicle identification and immobilizer system including license plate security, said system comprising: an RFID equipped vehicle including a computer system for controlling operating functions of said vehicle; an RFID transmitter and associated circuitry integrally formed within a license plate assigned to said vehicle after completed manufacture thereof, said license plate for display in a pre-determined location on said vehicle and said RFID transmitter providing an expected signal uniquely associated with a vehicle identification number provided by the manufacture of the vehicle; an RFID reader positioned within the vehicle in near range of said pre-determined location for said display of said license plate, said RFID reader being linked to said computer system and in communication with said RFID transmitter in said license plate when displayed in said pre-determined location on said vehicle; and processing logic associated with said computer system for determining when said license plate has been removed from said near range of said pre-determined location so that said computer system may be activated to send a disable signal to at least one of said operating functions of said vehicle to thereby prevent said vehicle from being operated when said vehicle identification number has lost association with said expected RFID transmitter signal from said license plate.