Patent ID: 8541976

Claim:
A motor vehicle, comprising: a passive vehicle system operative to communicate wirelessly with at least one external user device and to selectively actuate or control at least one of a vehicle entry locking system and an engine starter of the vehicle according to communications received from the at least one external user device; and an inductive charging station comprising: at least one primary coil operative when energized to form a transformer with a secondary coil of at least one battery powered device proximate the at least one primary coil, a power supply with an output coupled to the at least one primary coil, the power supply operative to selectively provide AC electrical output power to the at least one primary coil to inductively charge the at least one battery powered device proximate the at least one primary coil, and to selectively discontinue or reduce provision of the AC electrical output power to the at least one primary coil based on an enable/disable signal or command, and an input for receiving the enable/disable signal or command from the passive vehicle system; the passive vehicle system being operative to selectively provide the enable/disable signal or command to the inductive charging station to cause the power supply to discontinue or reduce provision of the AC electrical output power to the at least one primary coil during at least a portion of a time period when the passive vehicle system communicates wirelessly with the at least one external user device.