Vehicle tracking unit for controlling operable vehicle devices using a vehicle data bus and related methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO RE47354
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14504987

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A vehicle tracking unit is provided for a vehicle of a type comprising a vehicle data bus extending throughout the vehicle and at least one operable vehicle device connected thereto. The at least one operable vehicle device may be responsive to at least one data bus code on the vehicle data bus. The vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller cooperating with the vehicle position determining device and the wireless communications device to send vehicle position information to a monitoring station. Moreover, the controller may generate the at least one data bus code on the vehicle data communications bus to control the at least one operable vehicle device based upon a command signal received by the wireless device.

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  • OMEGA PATENTS LLC

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Flick, Kenneth E Douglasville, US 183 5119

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