Method of calibrating a car alarm depending on the crime statistics of an area VIA intergration with road navigation display systems

摘要

A method, system, and computer program product are provided to selectively configure a security system based on geographically indexed incident statistics. The preferred embodiment involves a security unit for monitoring events indicative of threats to the security of a vehicle and a navigation unit that is able to ascertain the location of the vehicle. The navigation unit delivers data, indicative of the location of the vehicle, to the security unit. The security unit then uses the location data to acquire data regarding the statistical incidence of crime in the vicinity of the vehicle's location. Based on the data regarding the statistical incidence of crime in the vicinity of the vehicle's location, the appropriate configuration of the security unit is determined. The security unit then compares its current configuration to the appropriate configuration and selectively configures itself to match the appropriate configuration.