Patent ID: 8255990

Claim:
A method for identification, login of a vehicle operator and of at least one additional vehicle operator to a computer system provided in a vehicle, and login of the vehicle operator and of the at least one additional vehicle operator to a tachograph of said vehicle comprising the steps of: inserting a tachograph data carrier having vehicle operator data of the vehicle operator stored thereon into said tachograph of said vehicle, said tachograph comprising a reader provided for receiving and reading tachograph data carriers having vehicle operator data stored thereon for identifying the vehicle operator, reading said data carrier, receiving said vehicle operator data in said tachograph, logging in the vehicle operator to said tachograph in dependence on said data carrier being inserted into said tachograph, said logging in of said vehicle operator to said tachograph being performed by said tachograph, transmitting said vehicle operator data to a device for performing a vehicle operator login to said vehicle computer in dependence on said data carrier being inserted into said tachograph, and after the vehicle has been started, logging in an additional vehicle operator to said tachograph and to said vehicle computer by pressing a login button and then inserting a tachograph data carrier of the additional vehicle operator into said tachograph.