Remote programmer for a vehicle control system
OwnerJohn DiCroce, Shane Wilson +1inventors
InventorsJohn DiCroce, Shane Wilson, Peter Stouffer
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Abstract
A device for use in a vehicle, including: a plurality of connectors that connect the device to vehicle components, wherein the vehicle components are operated pursuant to a feature set of electronically operable functions; a memory that stores codes for defining the feature set of electronically operable functions; and a module that adapts the device to connect to a control unit that is disposed inside a vehicle through a serial communications interface, wherein the control unit is part of a remote start system installed in the vehicle, and the remote start system is provided with new functionality based on the codes stored in the memory.
Claims18
A device for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of connectors that connect the device to vehicle components, wherein the vehicle components are operated pursuant to a feature set of electronically operable functions;
- a memory that stores codes for defining the feature set of electronically operable functions;
- and
- a module that adapts the device to connect to a control unit that is disposed inside a vehicle through a serial communications interface,
- wherein the control unit is part of a remote start system installed in the vehicle, and the remote start system is provided with new functionality based on the codes stored in the memory.
A system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a device, comprising:
- a plurality of connectors that connect the device to vehicle components, wherein the vehicle components are operated pursuant to a feature set of electronically operable functions;
- a memory that stores codes for defining the feature set of electronically operable functions;
- and
- a module that adapts the device to connect to a control unit that is disposed inside a vehicle through a serial communications interface,
- wherein the control unit is part of a remote start system installed in the vehicle, and the remote start system is provided with new functionality based on the codes stored in the memory;
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- a remote control that controls the electronically operable functions of the device.
A device for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of connectors that connect the device to vehicle components, wherein the vehicle components are operated pursuant to electronically operable functions;
- a memory that stores codes for defining the electronically operable functions;
- and
- a module that adapts the device to connect to a controller that is disposed inside a vehicle through a communications interface,
- wherein the controller is part of a remote start system installed in the vehicle, and the remote start system is provided with functionality based on the codes stored in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.