System and method for identifying and configuring wireless remote controls for keyless entry systems
First Claim
1. A system for providing replacement remote controls, the system comprising:
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a database storing at least remote control code formats for selected vehicle types;
a remote control programmer coupled to the computer, the remote control programmer having an interface adapted for connection to a target remote control;
a software program installed on the computer and being communicatively coupled with the database, the software program comprising instructions for querying the database and instructions for controlling the remote control programmer.
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Abstract
The invention provides improved remote control replacement capability for keyless entry systems. A preferred embodiment provides a software program allowing a user to input various criteria, such as vehicle make, model, and year, vehicle identification number (VIN), remote control part number, receiver information, and so forth. Based on such information, the program queries a code database that relates this identifying information to the correct code format for the replacement remote control. The program communicates with a remote control programmer (RCP) and indicates the code format to be used for the replacement remote control, based on the query to the code database. A formatted code is programmed into the replacement remote control. Previously programmed codes may be retrieved. In one embodiment, a duplication mode allows the RCP to auto-sense and select the correct code type during the duplication process.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing replacement remote controls, the system comprising:
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a computer;
a database storing at least remote control code formats for selected vehicle types;
a remote control programmer coupled to the computer, the remote control programmer having an interface adapted for connection to a target remote control;
a software program installed on the computer and being communicatively coupled with the database, the software program comprising instructions for querying the database and instructions for controlling the remote control programmer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing programmed remote controls, the method comprising the steps:
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receiving, with a software program, a first one or more identifiers sufficient to identify a desired programming code;
querying a database to obtain the desired programming code;
programming a target remote control with the desired programming code formatted according to a desired programming code type. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing programmed replacement remote controls, the method comprising the steps:
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receiving, with a software program, a vehicle identification number (VIN);
querying a database, the query containing at least an indication of the VIN;
receiving, from the database, an indication of a code and an indication of a code format;
transmitting, from the software program, the indication of the code and the indication of the code format to a remote control programmer;
initiating a programming sequence on the remote control programmer, the programming sequence programming the code, formatted according to the code format, into a target remote control coupled to the remote control programmer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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