Patent ID: 7084781
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A method of programming a vehicle-based remote control to activate an appliance, the appliance responding to a radio frequency activation signal having characteristics represented by one of a plurality of activation schemes, the method comprising: automatically prompting the user to select one of a plurality of subsets of possible activation schemes, at least one of the plurality of subsets including more than one but less than all of the possible activation schemes; receiving user input selecting a particular subset of the plurality of subsets; for each of at least one activation scheme in the particular subset, transmitting an activation signal having characteristics represented by the activation scheme; receiving user input indicating whether or not the at least one transmitted activation signal successfully activated the appliance; if the user input indicates success, storing data representing the at least one activation scheme associated with one of at least one user activation input channel; and if the user input indicates no success and if the particular subset includes at least one untried activation scheme, repeating transmitting an activation signal and receiving user input indicating success.