Patent ID: 7202775
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: B60R,G07C,G08C

Abstract:
1. A remote control system for a vehicle model having variable feature content, the system comprising: a fob having a microphone for receiving audible commands and a radio frequency transmitter for transmitting said commands at a radio frequency via a fob antenna; a receiver for positioning in a specific vehicle having features preselected from the variable feature content, said receiver having an antenna for receiving one of said commands at a radio frequency, a demodulator for recovering said one command and a processor for decoding said recovered one command and determining if the preselected features are compatible with the one command, and said processor for notifying said fob that said preselected features are not available based on incompatibility between said preselected features and said one command; and a network interface for controlling a vehicle system in accordance with said recovered one command only when the preselected features are compatible with the one command.