Patent ID: 7126457

Claim:
A method for preventing theft of a motor vehicle comprising: (a) providing a decal having vehicle registration information thereon; (b) attaching the decal to a motor vehicle; (c) providing a vehicle registration card with vehicle registration information thereon; (d) registering vehicle information in a vehicle registration depository; (e) providing vehicle registration information input devices at each fuel pump of fuel stations; (f) connecting the vehicle registration information input devices at the fuel pumps to the vehicle registration depository; (g) establishing contact between a fuel pump and registered vehicle information before activation of the fuel pump in association with a particular vehicle; (h) requiring authorization for activation of the fuel pump to pump fuel into the particular vehicle; (i) basing authorization for activation of the fuel pump to pump fuel into the particular vehicle on vehicle registration information associated with the particular vehicle; and (j) whenever a selected vehicle is operated in a manner not authorized by the owner of the selected vehicle, revoking authorization for activation of a fuel pump to pump fuel into the selected vehicle wherever vehicle information is registered.