US 12,280,737 B1
Remote vehicle immobilizer
Michael Luis Innocenzi, San Francisco, CA (US); Elias Ray Dykaar, San Francisco, CA (US); Maxwell Anton Dergosits, San Francisco, CA (US); and Ingo Gerhard Wiegand, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/601,132.
Application 18/601,132 is a continuation of application No. 18/174,949, filed on Feb. 27, 2023, granted, now 11,975,685.
Application 18/174,949 is a continuation of application No. 17/064,953, filed on Oct. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,618,410.
Application 17/064,953 is a continuation of application No. 16/796,755, filed on Feb. 20, 2020, granted, now 10,843,659.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/48 (2018.01); B60R 25/045 (2013.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01)
CPC B60R 25/045 (2013.01) [B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 68/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
accessing an operation policy associated with a vehicle, the operation policy defining a configuration of an electronic switch associated with the vehicle based on a schedule, the electronic switch positioned within the vehicle in a conducting path between a starter motor of the vehicle and a battery of the vehicle;
determining, by a processor, an operation mode of the vehicle based on the operation policy and the schedule; and
causing the vehicle to modify the configuration of the electronic switch from a first configuration to a second configuration based on the operation mode of the vehicle.