Patent ID: 8922356

Claim:
An entryway control and monitoring system, comprising: a vehicle including an armed state that is actuatable upon setting a vehicle ignition to an OFF state and activating a vehicle door-lock function; a remote controller being disposed in the vehicle; a telematics unit disposed in the vehicle; any of i) a vehicle bus operatively connecting the remote controller to the telematics unit, or ii) respective short range wireless connection units disposed in each of the remote controller and the telematics unit and selectively operatively connecting the remote controller and the telematics unit; and the remote controller having: 1) an activation mode in which the remote controller is configured to open or close an entryway; 2) an activation prevention mode in which the remote controller is configured to not open the entryway and to generate and send a signal indicating that an unauthorized attempt to activate the remote controller from inside the vehicle has been made, the remote controller to enter the activation prevention mode in response to recognition of the armed state and to return to the activation mode in response to recognition of deactivation of the armed state.