Trainable transceiver and cloud computing system architecture systems and methods

• US 9,691,271 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2015
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gentex Corporation
• Original Assignee: Gentex Corporation
• Inventors: Papay, Douglas C., Geerlings, Steven L., Witkowski, Todd R., Wright, Thomas S., Shearer, Carl L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US14/688,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20150302730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 340 525
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00507 keyless data carrier having more than one function
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00865 remotely by wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00888 programming by learning
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/62 Rolling code

Abstract

A system for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a device, the system including a trainable transceiver, communications electronics, and a processing circuit coupled to the trainable transceiver and the communications electronics. The processing circuit is configured to train the trainable transceiver to control a device using information received from a cloud computing system remote from the device and vehicle via the communications electronics.

Claims

1. A system for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a device, comprising:

a first trainable transceiver;

communications electronics configured to receive training information via a cloud computing system from a second trainable transceiver; and

a processing circuit coupled to the first trainable transceiver and the communications electronics, the processing circuit configured to train the first trainable transceiver to learn to control a device using the training information received from the cloud computing system remote from the device and vehicle via the communications electronics.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications electronics include at least one of a cellular transceiver, a radio frequency transceiver, or a Bluetooth transceiver.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein processing circuit is configured to communicate with a mobile communications device using the communications electronics, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to communicate with the cloud computing system using the mobile communications device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to transmit location information to the cloud computing system, wherein the cloud computing system is configured to determine whether the first trainable transceiver is located within a geographic boundary based on a location of the device, and wherein the cloud computing system is configured to send the training information for training to the processing circuit only if the first trainable transceiver is located within the geographic boundary based on the location of the device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the training information is learned by the second trainable transceiver train to control the remote device, prior to transmission by the second trainable transceiver to the cloud computing system.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processing circuit is configured to operate according to a copy mode wherein upon receipt of the training information, the processing circuit is configured to transmit a signal to the cloud computing system which causes the cloud computing system to transmit a second signal to the second trainable transceiver formatted to erase at least a portion of the memory of the second trainable transceiver.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the training information includes at least one of an activation signal parameter or an encryption key.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the training information includes all data for controlling one or more devices stored on the second trainable transceiver.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the processing circuit is configured to send a transmission which erases memory of the second trainable transceiver.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the cloud computing system is configured to send a transmission which erases memory of the second trainable transceiver.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the training information does not include an encryption key.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing circuit is configured to cause the first trainable transceiver to be learned by the device.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to train the first trainable transceiver to learn to control the device using the training information by placing the first trainable transceiver in a learning mode.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the training information is pre-processed by the cloud computing system based on a device identification corresponding to the first trainable transceiver.

13. A method for training a trainable transceiver, comprising:

receiving, at a processing circuit of a first trainable transceiver, a user input;

sending, from the first trainable transceiver, a request transmission to a cloud computing system using communications electronics coupled to the processing circuit;

receiving, at the first trainable transceiver, training information for learning to control a device, using the communication electronics, via the cloud computing system from a second trainable transceiver, wherein the training information includes an activation signal parameter; and

storing, at the first trainable transceiver, an activation signal parameter received via the cloud computing system from the second trainable transceiver, in memory coupled to the processing circuit.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the training information includes a key.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the training information does not include a key.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising sending, using the communications electronics, an erase transmission to the cloud computing system.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the cloud computing system sends a second erase transmission to the second trainable transceiver in response to receiving the erase transmission.

23. The method of claim 13, comprising training, using the processing circuit, to learn to control the device using the training information during a learning mode.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein the training information is pre-processed by the cloud computing system based on a device identification corresponding to the first trainable transceiver.

18. A system for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a remote device, comprising:

a first trainable transceiver;

an input device;

communications electronics; and

a processing circuit coupled to the first trainable transceiver, the input device, and the communications electronics, the processing circuit configured to receive a user identification via the input device,

wherein the processing circuit is configured to send, using the communications electronics, a transmission to a cloud computing system containing the user identification, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive training information via the cloud computing system from a second trainable transceiver and to train the first trainable transceiver to learn to control a remote device using the training information received from the cloud computing system via the communications electronics.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the cloud computing system is configured to transmit the training information to the processing circuit in response to receiving the user identification from the processing circuit.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the training information transmitted to the processing circuit is based on the user identification.

25. The system according to claim 18, wherein the processing circuit is configured to train the first trainable transceiver to learn to control the device using the training information by placing the first trainable transceiver in a learning mode.

26. The system according to claim 18, wherein the training information is pre-processed by the cloud computing system based on a device identification corresponding to the first trainable transceiver.