Remote activated garage door opener functions via a graphical user interface in a vehicle

A method, comprising:

• providing, via a computer processor embedded in a vehicle, a graphical user interface on a display device and prompting a user via the graphical user interface to program a garage door opener unit that is in communicative range of a transceiver, the transceiver and the display device communicatively coupled to the computer processor over a vehicle network;
• receiving a response, from the user via an input control of the display device, indicating an acceptance by the user to program the garage door opener unit;
• upon determining via the transceiver that the garage door opener unit is in programming mode, transmitting a request, to the transceiver over the vehicle network, to initiate synchronization between the vehicle and the garage door opener unit, the request forwarded by the transceiver to the garage door opener unit;
• and
• receiving, from the garage door opener unit upon completion of the synchronization, an acknowledgement of successful synchronization, the synchronization operable to enable the user to control operation of the garage door opener unit via the graphical user interface.

A computer program product comprising a storage medium having computer program instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

• providing a graphical user interface on a display device and prompting a user via the graphical user interface to program a garage door opener unit that is in communicative range of a transceiver, the transceiver and the display device communicatively coupled to the computer processor over a vehicle network;
• receiving a response, from the user via an input control of the display device, indicating an acceptance by the user to program the garage door opener unit;
• upon determining via the transceiver that the garage door opener unit is in programming mode, transmitting a request, to the transceiver over the vehicle network, to initiate synchronization between the vehicle and the garage door opener unit, the request forwarded by the transceiver to the garage door opener unit;
• and
• receiving, from the garage door opener unit upon completion of the synchronization, an acknowledgement of successful synchronization, the synchronization operable to enable the user to control operation of the garage door opener unit via the graphical user interface.