Garage door opener communications gateway module for enabling communications among vehicles, house devices, and telecommunications networks

A garage door opener communications gateway module comprising:

• a garage door receiver for receiving garage door signals;
• a garage door transmitter for transmitting control signals to a garage door opener operable for opening and closing a garage door of a garage of a house, wherein the garage door transmitter transmits a control signal to the garage door opener to control the garage door upon receipt of a garage door signal by the garage door receiver;
• a first transceiver, the first transceiver being Bluetooth enabled for wirelessly communicating with a Bluetooth enabled appliance of a vehicle over a first communications path when the vehicle is located within the vicinity of the garage;
• and
• a second transceiver for communicating with a device of the house over a second communications path;
• wherein the vehicle appliance and the house device communicate with one another over the first and second communications paths via the first and second transceivers;
• wherein the garage door receiver, the garage door transmitter, and the first and second transceivers are contained within a housing mountable to the garage.