Patent ID: 7197278
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: E05F,E05Y,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating information between a vehicle having a vehicle appliance and a device located in a house, wherein the device is a personal computer connected to the Internet, the method for use with a garage door opener of a garage located in the vicinity of the house, the method comprising: providing the vehicle appliance with a Bluetooth® enabled communications module; providing the garage door opener with a Bluetooth® enabled communications module and a transceiver, wherein the communications module of the garage door opener and the communications module of the vehicle appliance are operable to wirelessly communicate with one another when the vehicle is located in the vicinity of the garage, wherein the personal computer and the transceiver of the garage door opener are operable to wirelessly communicate with one another; parking the vehicle in the garage; wirelessly communicating information between the vehicle appliance and the personal computer via the communications module and the transceiver of the garage door opener; wirelessly communicating information including vehicle diagnostics from the communications module of the vehicle appliance to the personal computer via the communications module and the transceiver of the garage door opener; and using the personal computer to transfer the communicated information including the vehicle diagnostics to the Internet for access by a third party, wherein the third party is a vehicle service dealer.