UNIVERSAL GARAGE DOOR OPENER AND APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM
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1. A garage door opener (GDO) system operable with a vehicle to transmit garage door signals to control a garage door, the system comprising:
- a remote keyless entry (RKE) fob being operable remotely from the vehicle to transmit and receive RKE signals;
a RKE transceiver being fixed within the vehicle and operable to transmit and receive RKE signals, and upon receipt of RKE signals from the RKE fob, to control one or more vehicle subsystems as a function thereof;
a GDO transmitter being fixed within the vehicle and operable to transmit the garage door signal to control the garage door in response to receipt of a corresponding GDO signal; and
wherein the RKE transceiver is operable to transmit RKE signals to the RKE fob to notify the RKE fob of the GDO transmitter transmitting the garage door signal.
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Abstract
Universal garage door opener and appliance control system operable to facilitate garage door opener and appliance control with a fob or other wireless device operable to wirelessly communicate corresponding instructions to a vehicle other device for subsequent relay to the garage door opener or controlled appliance.
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20 Claims
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1. A garage door opener (GDO) system operable with a vehicle to transmit garage door signals to control a garage door, the system comprising:
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a remote keyless entry (RKE) fob being operable remotely from the vehicle to transmit and receive RKE signals; a RKE transceiver being fixed within the vehicle and operable to transmit and receive RKE signals, and upon receipt of RKE signals from the RKE fob, to control one or more vehicle subsystems as a function thereof; a GDO transmitter being fixed within the vehicle and operable to transmit the garage door signal to control the garage door in response to receipt of a corresponding GDO signal; and wherein the RKE transceiver is operable to transmit RKE signals to the RKE fob to notify the RKE fob of the GDO transmitter transmitting the garage door signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable, wireless device operable with vehicle-based keyless entry and a garage door opener (GDO) systems, the keyless entry system being operable to support keyless entry to the vehicle and the GDO system being operable to control a garage door using wireless signals transmitted from the vehicle, the wireless device comprising:
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an antenna being operable to support two-way wireless communications with the keyless entry system; a controller being operable to wirelessly instruct the keyless entry system to instruct the GDO system to control the garage door; and an alert unit being operable to generate an alert in response to the keyless entry system notifying the controller of the GDO system being instructed by the keyless entry system to control the garage door. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of facilitating wireless control of a garage door, the method comprising:
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transmitting a first garage door control signal from a portable wireless device to a vehicle-based system to be processed by the vehicle-based system for use in instigating transmission of a second garage door control signal transmitted to a garage door opener used to control the garage door; and generating an alert on the portable wireless device to indicate whether a control specified by the second garage door control signal was one of successfully and unsuccessfully completed in response to completion information that is received at the portable wireless device from the vehicle-based system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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