Assistance method, communication device and assistance system

An assistance method, comprising:

• predetermining, by an authorised user of a vehicle via a program executing on a communication device, a geographical region within which the vehicle may move;
• informing, via the program executing on the communication device, the authorised user when the vehicle leaves the predetermined geographical region;
• displaying, via the program executing on the communication device, at least one piece of contact information for contacting an authority responsible for vehicle theft;
• entering into the program on the communication device a process identification feature of a process triggered by a theft display of the authorised user with the authority responsible for vehicle theft;
• storing the process identification feature on the communication device;
• relaying, a piece of positional information about a current position of the vehicle or a piece of access information to the positional information, to the authority responsible for vehicle theft,
• wherein, by storing the process identification feature, a piece of theft process information is transmitted to a central data store and is stored in the central data store in an electronic user file, and
• wherein the storage of the piece of theft process information is a reliability requirement for relaying the positional information or the access information to the positional information to the authority responsible for vehicle theft.

A communication device, comprising:

• a mobile application, which when executed by the communication device causes the communication device to
• predetermine a geographical region by an authorised user of a vehicle within which the vehicle may move;
• emit a piece of information when the vehicle leaves the predetermined geographical region;
• display at least one piece of contact information for contacting an authority responsible for vehicle theft;
• enter and store a process identification feature of a process triggered by a theft display of the authorised user with the authority responsible for vehicle theft;
• and
• transmit theft process information by storing the process identification feature to a central data store.

An assistance system, comprising:

• a central data store;
• a position determination unit of a vehicle;
• and
• a communication device comprising a mobile application, which when executed by the communication device causes the communication device to
• predetermine a geographical region by an authorised user of a vehicle within which the vehicle may move;
• emit a piece of information when the vehicle leaves the predetermined geographical region;
• display at least one piece of contact information for contacting an authority responsible for vehicle theft;
• enter and store a process identification feature of a process triggered by a theft display of the authorised user with the authority responsible for vehicle theft;
• and
• transmit theft process information by storing the process identification feature to the central data store;
• wherein the central data store is at least occasionally in communicative connection with the communication device.