Patent ID: 7864029

Claim:
A tire monitor sensor unit, comprising: A method for identifying a person as an authorized driver out of one or more authorized drivers of a vehicle, said method comprising: obtaining one or more attributes corresponding to one or more parameters of the vehicle, said one or more parameters being adjustable by the person, wherein the one or more attributes are obtained after the presence of the person is detected, and wherein the one or more attributes include one or more attributes of one or more of vehicle systems for gaining access to the vehicle, vehicle accommodation systems and dynamic control systems of the vehicle, and the systems are selected from the group comprising key fobs, RFID immobilizers, door locks, seats, windows, throttle, brake, mirrors, hand wheel, radio, climate control, infotainment, powertrain, chassis, security, ignition and safety; comparing each of the one or more attributes with a corresponding attribute for each of the one or more authorized drivers; and recognizing the person as one authorized driver based on the comparison.