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US 11,078,879 B2Granted
Mobile telephone for remote operation
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Abstract
A mobile telephone capable of controlling a remote keyless system is provided. The mobile telephone is loaded with an executable program that enables the mobile telephone to control the remote keyless system using frequencies and systems already used by the remote keyless system. The complex functionality a mobile telephone allows the executable program to fully control remote keyless systems.
Claims11
A method of controlling a remote keyless system mounted on a vehicle with a mobile telephone, said remote keyless system configured to wirelessly communicate with said mobile telephone, said method comprising:
- executing an executable program installed on a mobile telephone, wherein said executable program enables said mobile telephone to wirelessly control said remote keyless system of said vehicle when execution of said executable program is automatically detected proximate to said remote keyless system and without requiring active input by a user of said mobile telephone through said mobile telephone for said automatic detection, wherein said enabling comprises said mobile telephone passively communicating with said remote keyless system to wirelessly start the engine of said vehicle, and
- wherein said enabling further comprises enabling said mobile telephone to automatically send an indication to a second mobile telephone calling or transmitting a message to the user's mobile telephone that the user is operating the vehicle, when the executable program causes the start of the engine of the vehicle and when the executable program determines that said mobile telephone executing the executable program is in motion;
- wherein said sent indication is a visual indicator sent to the second mobile telephone to indicate that the user is operating the vehicle at the time a user of the second mobile telephone is calling or typing a message to the user, or is a visual indicator made to appear in the contact list in the second mobile telephone next to the entry of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.