MULTI-CONTROLLER DATA BUS ADAPTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A remote control system for a vehicle of a type including a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and connecting a plurality of vehicle devices within the vehicle, the remote control system comprising:
- a remote transmitter;
a vehicle remote function controller being responsive to said remote transmitter and comprising a controller data link interface; and
a multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting said vehicle remote function controller to communicate via the data communications bus and comprising an adaptor data link interface coupled to said controller data link interface;
said multi-controller data bus adaptor operable with a given set of controller codes for said vehicle remote controller from among a plurality of different sets of controller codes for a plurality of different vehicle function controllers.
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Abstract
A remote control system for a vehicle of a type including a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and connecting a plurality of vehicle devices within the vehicle may include a remote transmitter and a vehicle remote function controller being responsive to the remote transmitter. The vehicle remote function controller m ay include a controller data link interface. The remote control system may include a multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting the vehicle remote function controller to communicate via the data communications bus and may include an adaptor data link interface coupled to the controller data link interface. The multi-controller data bus adaptor may be operable with a given set of controller codes for the vehicle remote controller from among a plurality of different sets of controller codes for a plurality of different vehicle function controllers.
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25 Claims
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1. A remote control system for a vehicle of a type including a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and connecting a plurality of vehicle devices within the vehicle, the remote control system comprising:
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a remote transmitter; a vehicle remote function controller being responsive to said remote transmitter and comprising a controller data link interface; and a multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting said vehicle remote function controller to communicate via the data communications bus and comprising an adaptor data link interface coupled to said controller data link interface; said multi-controller data bus adaptor operable with a given set of controller codes for said vehicle remote controller from among a plurality of different sets of controller codes for a plurality of different vehicle function controllers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
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9. The remote control system according to claim 9 wherein said at least one switch is also for selecting a desired set of vehicle device codes from among a plurality of different sets of vehicle device codes for different vehicles based upon at least one code on the data communications bus.
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12. A multi-controller data bus adaptor for a remote control system comprising a remote transmitter, and a vehicle remote function controller being responsive to the remote transmitter and comprising a controller data link interface;
- the multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting the vehicle remote function controller to communicate via a data communications bus extending throughout a vehicle and comprising;
an adaptor data link interface to be coupled to the controller data link interface; and a processor coupled to said adaptor data link interface and operable with a given set of controller codes for the vehicle remote controller from among a plurality of different sets of controller codes for a plurality of different vehicle function controllers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- the multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting the vehicle remote function controller to communicate via a data communications bus extending throughout a vehicle and comprising;
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19. A method for using a remote control system for a vehicle of a type including a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and connecting a plurality of vehicle devices within the vehicle, the remote control system comprising a remote transmitter, a vehicle remote function controller being responsive to the remote transmitter and comprising a controller data link interface, and a multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting the vehicle remote function controller to communicate via the data communications bus and comprising an adaptor data link interface coupled to the controller data link interface, the method comprising:
operating the multi-controller data bus adaptor with a given set of controller codes for the vehicle remote controller from among a plurality of different sets of controller codes for a plurality of different vehicle function controllers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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Current AssigneeOmega Patents, L.L.C.
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Original AssigneeOmega Patents, L.L.C.
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InventorsFlick, Kenneth E.
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Granted Patent
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Time in Patent OfficeDays
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Field of Search
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US Class Current340/426.170
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CPC Class CodesB60R 2325/205 Mobile phonesB60R 25/209 Remote starting of engineB60R 25/24 using electronic identifier...
