Patent ID: 8106759

Claim:
A system for controlling the operation of notifying a primary driver and a secondary driver about a fluid level for a fluid in a vehicle, the system comprising: at least one primary key adapted to be associated to the primary driver; at least one secondary key adapted to be associated to the secondary driver; a key ignition device positioned on each of the primary key and the secondary key and configured to generate a driver status signal indicative of whether the driver is at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver; and a controller operably coupled to the key ignition device and to a fluid level sensing device that is adapted to measure an amount of fluid in the vehicle and to generate a fluid level signal indicative of the fluid level of the fluid in the vehicle, the controller is adapted to: determine whether the driver of the vehicle is at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver in response to the driver status signal; notify the primary driver that the fluid is at a low level in response to determining that the fluid level signal is less than or equal to a first value; notify the secondary driver that the fluid is at a low level in response to determining that the fluid level signal is a less than or equal to a second value, the first value being less than the second value; and selectively control the operation of notifying at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver based on whether the driver of the vehicle is at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver.