Patent ID: 8024092

Claim:
A method of preventing an authorized use of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: entering onto a driver's license of a specified person, a set of vehicle operating parameters and a number for said driver's license, said operating parameters including a limit on the speed of the vehicle, a limit on the distance the vehicle can be driven by said person, a restriction on the time of day the vehicle can be driven by said person, a restriction on the geographic locations where the vehicle may be driven, and a restriction on the class of vehicle able to be driven by said person; entering onto a computing platform biometric data correspondent to the license data; said specified person registering as an authorized user of a specified vehicle; when said person enters said specified vehicle, said person inserting the driver's license into a card reader; the card reader reading the vehicle operating parameters on the driver's license and entering said operating parameters onto a computing platform; said computing platform receiving said operating parameters; and, in response, checking to determine if said person is an authorized user of the vehicle; if the computing platform determines that said person is an authorized user of the vehicle, then the computing platform sending said operating parameters to a control module located within the vehicle; said person attempting to operate the vehicle; and if said attempt is successful and the vehicle operates, said control module controlling the operation of the vehicle to maintain said operation within said set of operating parameters; another person attempting to operate the vehicle, said another person having a driver's license and not being a registered user of the vehicle; the control module sending details of the driver's license of said another person to a system administrator to determine an identity of said another person; sending a message from the vehicle to a licensing bureau, and transmitting license details, of said another person, to the vehicle to determine the vehicle's operating parameters, including using a standard set of operating parameters for the vehicle until said license details are retrieved.