Vehicle anti-theft apparatus and method

A vehicle anti-theft system, comprising in combination:

• a vehicle anti-theft apparatus including:
• a case component,
• a power supply,
• a wireless interface, for receiving wireless signals and wireless messages from a wireless communications network, with a wireless protocol including a Machine-2-Machine (M2M) wireless protocol;
• a control circuit, for controlling the vehicle anti-theft apparatus,
• a first diode connected to the control circuit to stop any electrical current from carrying any voltage to the power supply of the vehicle anti-theft apparatus from any external sources including a battery and to stop any electrical current from carrying any voltage to an electrical system of the vehicle or from other electrical equipment used for tampering with the vehicle anti-theft apparatus trying to defeat the vehicle anti-theft apparatus,
• a processor for processing wireless data, a non-transitory computer readable medium for including a plurality of instructions for controlling the processor, the processor and the plurality of instructions including a software application configured for sending a wireless configuration message via the wireless interface and the M2M wireless protocol to a desired network device with one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable medium including non-volatile storage asking for a unique network hardware Medium Access Control (MAC) identifier for the network device and configured for receiving the unique network hardware MAC identifier from the network device via the wireless interface and the M2M wireless protocol to store in non-volatile storage on the vehicle anti-theft apparatus to prevent spoofing by other network devices,
• a Global Positioning System (GPS) component, for providing GPS physical geographic location information for the vehicle,
• a power wire connector to supply power to the vehicle anti-theft apparatus from the vehicle,
• a second diode connected to the power wire connector to stop any electrical current from the vehicle anti-theft apparatus from carrying any voltage into the electrical system of the vehicle to prevent damage of the electrical system of the vehicle, and
• a ground wire connector to provide a ground to the vehicle anti-theft apparatus from the vehicle, the power wire connector and the ground wire connector connected to the battery for the vehicle,
• wherein the ground wire connector is used to intentionally generate a kill switch signal by generating an electrical kill switch signal directly to a negative terminal on a battery of the vehicle to kill the engine of the vehicle and to prevent the vehicle from starting again if an ignition switch for the vehicle is damaged, circumvented or bypassed;
• the non-volatile storage on the vehicle anti-theft apparatus for storing the unique network hardware MAC identifier received in the configuration message for the desired network device;
• and
• the desired network device identified by the unique network hardware MAC identifier,
• configured for allowing a driver of the vehicle to send the a kill switch signal from the network device with the M2M wireless protocol devices via the wireless communications network to disable the vehicle after it has been carjacked or stolen,
• the GPS location information for the vehicle obtained from a GPS-satellite and immediately provided to law enforcement in real-time via the wireless communications network.