Patent ID: 6525645
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G07C,G08C

Abstract:
A vehicle transmitter system usable with a vehicle, the vehicle including a remote keyless entry system having a first receiving antenna mounted in the vehicle, said vehicle transmitter system comprising:a portable fob, said fob including a plurality of user-actuated switches, code generating circuitry and a transmitter including a transmitting antenna, said transmitter being responsive to actuation of each of said user-actuated switches to cause said code-generating circuitry to selectively generate a respective one of a plurality of codes, a first code of said plurality of codes being associated with the vehicle remote keyless entry system of the vehicle and a second code of the plurality of codes being associated with a second remote system separate from the vehicle, said transmitter being for transmitting the generated code by said transmitting antenna, wherein the first code is receivable by the first receiving antenna of the remote keyless entry system mounted in the vehicle to cause activation of the remote keyless entry system; and a repeater, mounted in the vehicle, including a second receiving antenna separate from the first receiving antenna for receiving the second code, said repeater being responsive to receipt of the second code by said second receiving antenna to retransmit a third code to activate the second remote system, whereby two different receiving antennas in the vehicle receive respective independently encrypted codes from said portable fob.