Vehicle-paired device range extension method and system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorCharles Everett Badger, II
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Abstract
An exemplary method of controlling a vehicle from a remote location includes receiving a first signal from a vehicle-paired device and initiating a vehicle function in response to the first signal. The first signal is sent by the vehicle-paired device in response to a second signal sent from a secondary triggering device. An exemplary range extending system includes a vehicle-paired device configured to transmit a first signal to a vehicle, and a secondary triggering device that transmits a second signal to the vehicle-paired device to initiate a transmission of the first signal from the vehicle-paired device.
Claims19
A method of controlling a vehicle from a remote location, comprising:
- receiving, at a vehicle, a first signal from a vehicle-paired device within a wireless communication range of the vehicle and initiating a vehicle function in response to the first signal, the first signal sent by the vehicle-paired device in response to a second signal sent from a secondary triggering device that is outside the wireless communication range, the first signal is a wireless communication signal.
A range extending system, comprising:
- a vehicle-paired device configured to transmit a first signal to a vehicle when within a communication range of the vehicle;
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- a secondary triggering device that transmits a second signal from outside the communication range to the vehicle-paired device to initiate a transmission of the first signal from the vehicle-paired device, the first signal is a wireless communication signal, wherein the secondary triggering device is part of a home control system.
A range extending system, comprising:
- a vehicle-paired device configured to transmit a first signal to a vehicle when within a communication range of the vehicle;
- a secondary triggering device that transmits a second signal from outside the communication range to the vehicle-paired device to initiate a transmission of the first signal from the vehicle-paired device, the first signal is a wireless communication signal;
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- the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is configured to initiate a vehicle function in response to the first signal, wherein the first signal is a wireless command of a wireless technology standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.