Method and system for dealership keyless entry

• US 20070109094A1
• Filed: 11/15/2005
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anil Sahai
• Original Assignee: Anil Sahai
• Inventors: Sahai, Anil
• Application Number:
  US11/274,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20070109094A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.720
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/202 Personal digital assistant [PDA]
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/307 using data concerning maintenance or configuration

Abstract

A method and system for remote keyless entry allows for controlling different operations associated with different vehicles from a single handheld device. The system can include a database including a plurality of records, each record comprising an remote keyless entry data pattern and a vehicle identifier, a handheld device having a memory, the database stored on the memory, a remote keyless entry signal generator operatively connected to the handheld device, and an article of software executing on the handheld device and adapted for receiving the vehicle identifier and a vehicle operation and communicating an RKE data pattern associated with the vehicle identifier and vehicle operation to the remote keyless entry signal generator.

Claims

1. A system for remote keyless entry, comprising:

a database comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising an remote keyless entry data pattern and a vehicle identifier;

a handheld device having a memory, the database stored on the memory;

a remote keyless entry signal generator operatively connected to the handheld device;

an article of software executing on the handheld device and adapted for receiving the vehicle identifier and a vehicle operation and communicating an RKE data pattern associated with the vehicle identifier and vehicle operation to the remote keyless entry signal generator.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle identifier is a vehicle identification number (VIN).

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle identifier is a vehicle model number.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle operation is a lock operation.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle operation is an unlock operation.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle operation is a start operation.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle operation is a stop operation.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicles associated with the vehicle identifier of one of the records within the database.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the remote keyless entry signal generator is housed on an expansion card.

10. The system of claim 1 further comprising a server operatively connected to the handheld device and adapted to transfer the database to the handheld device.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the article of software is adapted to allow the user to select a plurality of vehicles to perform the vehicle operation on.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the RKE signal generator is housed on an expansion operatively connected to the handheld device.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the remote keyless entry operation is selected from a set consisting of a lock operation, an unlock operation, a start operation, and a stop operation.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising selling the vehicle to a customer.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selecting a vehicle from a user interface associated with a handheld device comprises selecting a vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of selecting a vehicle from a user interface associated with a handheld device comprises selecting model number associated with the vehicle.

12. A method for providing remote keyless entry to a vehicle on a dealership lot, the method, comprising:

selecting a vehicle from a user interface associated with a handheld device;

selecting a remote keyless entry operation to be performed on the vehicle using the user interface associated with the handheld device;

performing the remote keyless entry operation on the vehicle by generating an RKE signal generator associated with the handheld device.