Patent ID: 8841988

Claim:
A garage door opener system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a portable key fob for wirelessly transmitting a remote keyless entry (RKE) garage door opener (GDO) request signal upon a user actuating the key fob and for wirelessly transmitting a RKE vehicle door operation request signal; a RKE receiver for wirelessly receiving the RKE GDO request signal and for wirelessly receiving the RKE vehicle door operation request signal, wherein upon receiving the RKE vehicle door operation request signal the RKE receiver controls a door of the vehicle in accordance with the RKE vehicle door operation request signal; a GDO transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a garage door signal to a GDO receiver of a garage to control a garage door and for wirelessly transmitting the garage door signal to the GDO receiver to control the garage door upon a user actuating the GDO transmitter; and a vehicle bus connecting the RKE receiver and the GDO transmitter; wherein upon receiving the RKE GDO request signal from the key fob the RKE receiver forwards a command signal over the vehicle bus to the GDO transmitter, wherein upon receiving the command signal from the RKE receiver the GDO transmitter transmits the garage door signal.