Patent ID: 8692651
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B60R,H04B

Abstract:
1. A system for upgrading vehicle functions, the system comprising: a repeater for receiving a first signal from a remote device, wherein the first signal is wireless and includes a command that instructs a vehicle to perform a vehicle function, wherein the first signal has inbound data packets indicating the vehicle function to be performed, the repeater for generating and outputting a second signal in response to the first signal, wherein the second signal is outputted by placing data packets indicating the vehicle function to be performed in between the inbound data packets until reception of the first signal is completed, and a vehicle control module for receiving the second signal from the repeater and instructing the vehicle to perform the vehicle function indicated by the command in the first signal, wherein the repeater generates the second signal by converting the first signal to be vehicle appropriate based on codes stored in a storage module coupled to the repeater, wherein the vehicle function indicated by the command in the first signal is a new function not yet assigned to the vehicle according to information in the storage module, and in generating the second signal, the repeater accesses the codes associated with the new function and includes the accessed codes in the second signal to enable the vehicle to perform the new function.