# US 11,078,879 B2 · Mobile telephone for remote operation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,078,879 B2 - Document ID: US11078879B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/210,103 - Filed: 2018-12-05 - Published: 2019-04-18 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2009-10-14 - Applicants: Dipam Patel - Inventors: Dipam Patel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078879B2 ## CPC - F02N 11/0807: {Remote means} - G07C 9/00174: {Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys (mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00)} - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - F02N 2200/106: Driver presence, e.g. detected by door lock, seat sensor or belt sensor - G07C 9/00309: {operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks} - G07C 2009/00507: {keyless data carrier having more than one function} - G08C 2201/93: Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - F02N: STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the message is textual. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the message is verbal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the indication is an icon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the indication is provided during typing of a message by a user of the second mobile telephone. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the providing of an indication to the second mobile telephone prevents receipt of the call or message from the second mobile telephone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the proximity of the executable program being detected by the remote keyless system further comprises a location of the executable program being detected by the remote keyless system being wirelessly detected within the passenger compartment of the vehicle having the remote keyless system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the executable program is further configured to disable at least one functionality of said mobile telephone used to start the engine of the vehicle when the executable program determines that said mobile telephone is in motion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A method in accordance with claim 8, wherein the executable program determining that said mobile telephone is in motion comprises employing a GPS system of the mobile telephone. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A method in accordance with claim 8, wherein the executable program determining that said mobile telephone is in motion comprises determining a speed at which the mobile telephone is travelling. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) A method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said at least one functionality disabled is at least one of text messaging, internet browsing, and telephony.