Patent · US Expired

System for identifying an unauthorized use of a telematic device

US7688197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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33Claims

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Assignee

HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Becker · Knittlingen, DE
Dirk Lappe · Waldbronn, DE
Arnold Gieseke · Giesen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2003
Grant date	Mar 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 4, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C21/26
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a system of identifying an unauthorized use of a telematic device or a vehicle equipped with a telematic device. The telematic device includes an identification code, which is transmitted to a service provider. The identification codes of those telematic devices, which have been reported as being used in unauthorized, are stored at the service provider. The identification codes received at the service provider is compared for a match with the stored identification codes.

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