Universal vehicle remote control with feature selectable transmitter and associated methods
First Claim
1. A method of providing a customer-selected remote control feature package in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- installing in the vehicle a universal remote control device operable according to a plurality of different remote control feature packages;
negotiating a sale or lease of the vehicle with a customer and comprising offering the different remote control feature packages to the customer, and accepting an order for the customer-selected remote control feature package from the customer; and
filling the order for the customer-selected remote control feature package by providing the customer with at least one respective remote transmitter for operating the universal remote control device according to the customer-selected remote control feature package from among a plurality of different remote transmitters for different remote control feature packages.
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Abstract
A method of providing a customer-selected remote control feature package in a vehicle may include installing in the vehicle a universal remote control device operable according to a plurality of different remote control feature packages, and negotiating a sale or lease of the vehicle with a customer. Negotiating a sale or lease of the vehicle may include offering the different remote control feature packages to the customer, and accepting an order for the customer-selected remote control feature package from the customer. The method of providing a customer-selected remote control feature package may further include filling the order for the customer-selected remote control feature package by providing the customer with at least one respective remote transmitter for operating the universal remote control device according to the customer-selected remote control feature package from among a plurality of different remote transmitters for different remote control feature packages.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of providing a customer-selected remote control feature package in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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installing in the vehicle a universal remote control device operable according to a plurality of different remote control feature packages;
negotiating a sale or lease of the vehicle with a customer and comprising offering the different remote control feature packages to the customer, and accepting an order for the customer-selected remote control feature package from the customer; and
filling the order for the customer-selected remote control feature package by providing the customer with at least one respective remote transmitter for operating the universal remote control device according to the customer-selected remote control feature package from among a plurality of different remote transmitters for different remote control feature packages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing a customer-selected remote control feature package in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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installing in the vehicle a universal remote control device operable according to a plurality of different remote control feature packages; and
providing a customer with at least one respective remote transmitter for operating the universal remote control device according to the customer-selected remote control feature package from among a plurality of different remote transmitters for different remote control feature packages. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for providing a selectable remote control feature package in a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a universal remote control device installed in the vehicle and operable according to a plurality of different remote control feature packages; and
at least one respective remote transmitter for operating the universal remote control device according to a selected remote control feature package;
said at least one respective remote transmitter being selected from among a plurality of different remote transmitters, each corresponding to one of the plurality of different remote control feature packages. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for providing a customer-selected remote control feature package in a vehicle comprising a data communications bus, the system comprising:
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a universal remote control device installed in the vehicle to interface with the data communications bus and operable according to a plurality of different remote control feature packages; and
at least one respective remote transmitter for operating the universal remote control device according to the customer-selected remote control feature package;
said at least one respective remote transmitter being selected from among a plurality of different remote transmitters, each corresponding to one of the plurality of different remote control feature packages;
said universal remote control device being settable to the customer-selected remote control feature package based upon signals from said at least one respective remote transmitter for the customer-selected remote control feature package. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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