Patent ID: 8614622

Claim:
A vehicle driveaway authorization system comprising: at least one server configured to: generate a vehicle driveaway authorization code and a user authorization code; and transmit over a telecommunications network (1) the vehicle driveaway authorization code to at least one vehicle computer and (2) the user authorization code to a nomadic device; at least one wireless nomadic device configured to receive the user authorization code; and at least one vehicle computer configured to: wirelessly receive the vehicle driveaway authorization code for authorizing a vehicle drive, the vehicle driveaway authorization code corresponding to the user authorization code; receive input at the vehicle defining the user authorization code; wirelessly receive an identifying signal to identify the wireless nomadic device in a vicinity of a vehicle; determine whether the wireless nomadic device was previously wirelessly paired with the vehicle based on the identifying signal; compare the vehicle driveaway authorization code to the user authorization code; and enable the vehicle to be driven based on a determination that the nomadic device was previously wirelessly paired with the vehicle and if the vehicle driveaway authorization code corresponds to the user authorization code.