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 and the GDO transmitter are operably coupled to each other via a vehicle bus, the RKE transceiver being further operable to determine, independently of operation of the RKE fob, the GDO transmitter to have transmitted the garage door signal from information output by the GDO transmitter on the vehicle bus;
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 responsive to the RKE transceiver determining that the GDO transmitter has transmitted the garage door signal;
wherein the RKE fob is operable to generate an alert in response to receipt of the RKE signals notifying 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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16 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; andwherein the RKE transceiver and the GDO transmitter are operably coupled to each other via a vehicle bus, the RKE transceiver being further operable to determine, independently of operation of the RKE fob, the GDO transmitter to have transmitted the garage door signal from information output by the GDO transmitter on the vehicle bus; 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 responsive to the RKE transceiver determining that the GDO transmitter has transmitted the garage door signal; wherein the RKE fob is operable to generate an alert in response to receipt of the RKE signals notifying 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)
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13. A portable, wireless device operable with a vehicle-based keyless entry system and a garage door opener (GDO) system, the keyless entry system being operable to support keyless entry to the vehicle and the GDO system onboard a vehicle 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 antenna receiving wireless signals from the keyless entry system notifying the controller that the GDO system is controlling the garage door responsive to the keyless entry system determining that the GDO system is controlling the garage door in response to being instructed by the keyless entry system to control the garage door and responsive to the keyless entry system determining that the GDO system is controlling the garage door independently of the controller instructing the keyless entry system to instruct the GDO system to control the garage door. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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