Patent ID: 7573373

Claim:
An anti-carjacking system, comprising: a transmitter enabled to receive a selected vehicle identification number for use with a car assigned with said vehicle identification number, said transmitter capable of transmitting a radio signal including said vehicle identification number; a computer system cooperatively engaged with said car for controlling operating functions thereof, said computer system including an RFID reader; a receiver associated with said car identified by said vehicle identification number, said receiver enabled to receive said radio signal from said transmitter and including an RFID repeater, said transmitter and receiver being remotely located relative to each other so that when said transmitter sends a respective radio signal including said vehicle identification number to said receiver, said RFID repeater transmits at least a portion of said signal to said RFID reader associated with said computer system; means for disabling normal driving operation of said car during use, said means for disabling being operatively associated with said computer system of said car; and means for sending a disable command from said transmitter to said receiver so that said car with said assigned vehicle identification number is rendered non-operational.