US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Vehicle anti-theft apparatus and method" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,596, issued on Sept. 1.

"Vehicle anti-theft apparatus and method" was invented by Steve Bryzek (Salem, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle anti-theft apparatus and method. The vehicle anti-theft apparatus includes a wireless interface to receive wireless messages from other network devices (e.g., smart phones, tablets, wearables, etc.) to apply a kill switch signal to a vehicle to disable a vehicle and prevent the vehicle from being restarted, provide Global Positioning System (GPS) physical location information of the vehicle to law enforcement in real-time (i.e., 1 to 2 seconds, etc.), and remove the kill switch signal to...