WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20130285796A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: WITKOWSKI, Todd R., Dykema, Kurt A., Geerlings, Steven L., Zeinstra, Mark L.
• Application Number:
  US13/931,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20130285796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2609 Arrangements for range control, e.g. by using remote antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A system for communicating information facilitates wireless communication between electronic devices. The system includes a transceiver provided in a vehicle. The transceiver communicates with an electronic device located external to the transceiver.

Claims

1. A key fob for receiving a data file from a first radio frequency transceiver integrated with a personal computer, the key fob comprising:

a second radio frequency transceiver configured to establish a wireless communications link with the first radio frequency transceiver and to interrogate the personal computer to cause the personal computer to transmit the data file from the personal computer to the key fob; and

a memory configured to receive the data file and to store the data file.

2. The key fob of claim 1, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to automatically create the wireless communications link when the key fob is brought within a communication range of the first radio frequency transceiver.

3. The key fob of claim 1, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to operate according to a Bluetooth communications standard.

4. The key fob of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store a second data file, and the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to transmit the second data file to the first radio frequency transceiver via the wireless communications link.

5. The key fob of claim 1, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to transmit the data file to a third radio frequency transceiver coupled to electronics of a vehicle.

6. The key fob of claim 1, wherein the memory is further configured to store pre-programmed setting information and wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to transmit the pre-programmed setting information to a third radio frequency transceiver coupled to vehicle electronics for controlling a vehicle component.

7. The key fob of claim 6, wherein the vehicle component is at least one of a powered seat, a radio system, an HVAC system, a rear view mirror, and an external mirror.

8. The key fob of claim 6, wherein the pre-programmed setting information includes at least one of seat position information, radio volume information, radio channel information, climate control information, rear view mirror information, and external mirror information.

9. A key fob for transferring a data file to a first radio frequency transceiver integrated with a personal computer, the key fob comprising:

a memory for storing the data file; and

a second radio frequency transceiver configured to create a wireless communications link with the first radio frequency transceiver and to transmit the data file stored in the memory unit to the first radio frequency transceiver when the wireless communications link is established.

10. The key fob of claim 9, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to automatically create the wireless communications link.

11. The key fob of claim 9, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to operate according to a Bluetooth communications standard.

12. The key fob of claim 9, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is further configured to receive a second data file from the personal computer and to store the second data file in the memory.

13. The key fob of claim 12, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is further configured to interrogate the personal computer to cause the personal computer to transmit the second data file from the personal computer to the key fob.