Vehicle system including security unit providing degradation commands via a vehicle data bus and related methods
AssigneeOmega Patents, L.L.C.
InventorKENNETH E. FLICK
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Abstract
A vehicle security unit is for a vehicle including at least one data communications bus, an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port coupled to the at least one data communications bus, and a vehicle tracking unit to be coupled to the OBD port. The vehicle security unit may include a security unit housing, a short-range security wireless device carried by the security unit housing, and a vehicle security controller carried by the security unit housing and configured to establish a wireless communication link via the short-range security wireless device with the vehicle tracking unit and communicate via the at least one data communications bus responsive to the communication link.
Claims26
A vehicle system for a vehicle comprising at least one data communications bus, and an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port coupled to the at least one data communications bus, the vehicle system comprising:
- a vehicle tracking unit comprising
- a tracker housing,
- an OBD connector to be removably coupled to the OBD port,
- a vehicle position determining device carried by said tracker housing,
- a long-range tracker wireless device carried by said tracker housing,
- a short-range tracker wireless device carried by said tracker housing and having a shorter operating range than said long-range tracker wireless device, and
- a tracker controller carried by said tracker housing and coupled to said OBD connector, said tracker controller configured to send vehicle position information via said long-range tracker wireless device, and establish a wireless communication link via said short-range tracker wireless device;
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- a vehicle security unit comprising
- a security unit housing,
- a short-range security wireless device carried by said security unit housing, and
- a vehicle security controller carried by said security unit housing and configured to establish the wireless communication link via said short-range security wireless device with said short-range tracker wireless device, and communicate via the at least one data communications bus responsive to the wireless communication link.
A vehicle security unit for a vehicle comprising at least one data communications bus, an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port coupled to the at least one data communications bus, and a vehicle tracking unit coupled to the OBD port, the vehicle security unit comprising:
- a security unit housing;
- a short-range security wireless device carried by said security unit housing;
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- a vehicle security controller carried by said security unit housing and configured to establish a wireless communication link via said short-range security wireless device with said vehicle tracking unit, and communicate via the at least one data communications bus responsive to the communication link.
A vehicle security method for a vehicle comprising at least one data communications bus, and an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port coupled to the at least one data communications bus, the method comprising:
- at a vehicle tracking unit comprising a tracker housing, an OBD connector to be removably coupled to the OBD port, a vehicle position determining device carried by the tracker housing, a long-range tracker wireless device carried by the tracker housing, and a short-range tracker wireless device carried by the tracker housing and having a shorter operating range than the long-range tracker wireless device, sending vehicle position information via the long-range tracker wireless device and establishing a wireless communication link via the short-range tracker wireless device;
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- at a vehicle security unit comprising a security unit housing and a short-range security wireless device carried by the security unit housing, establishing the wireless communication link via the short-range security wireless device with the short-range tracker wireless device and communicating via the at least one data communications bus responsive to the wireless communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.