Wireless ignition kill switch controlled by a security system

Abstract

A method of protecting an asset having engine which includes the steps of providing a kill switch cooperating with the engine on the asset, providing a communications receiver connected to the kill switch, providing a security system having a security panel for a protected premises, providing a communications transmitter connected to the security panel, and transmitting a signal sequentially from the security panel to the transmitter, then to the receiver and then to the kill switch. The invention also includes apparatus for protecting an associated asset having engine which includes a kill switch cooperating with the engine on the associated asset, a communications receiver connected to the kill switch, a security system having a security panel for an associated protected premises, and a communications transmitter connected to the security panel. The apparatus thereby allows a signal to be transmitted sequentially from the security panel to the transmitter, then to the receiver and then to the kill switch to cause operation of the kill switch.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.