Patent ID: 8493191

Claim:
A vehicle security device to be installed in a vehicle of a type comprising a vehicle audio entertainment system being configurable via a vehicle data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle, the vehicle device comprising: an audio entertainment system content interface comprising a wireless transmitter that is selectively operable to communicate audio content relating to a vehicle security breach condition to the vehicle audio entertainment system via a wireless link at a given frequency with the vehicle audio entertainment system; a controller coupled to said audio entertainment system content interface for detecting a vehicle security breach condition, configuring the vehicle audio entertainment system via the vehicle data communications bus to receive at the given frequency via the wireless link so that the audio content related to the vehicle security breach condition plays through the vehicle audio entertainment system based upon detecting the vehicle security breach condition, and configuring the vehicle audio entertainment system via the vehicle data communications bus to maintain receiving at the given frequency irrespective of attempts to change the audio content played through the vehicle audio entertainment system; and a memory coupled to said audio entertainment system content interface for storing the audio content related to the vehicle security breach condition.