Patent ID: 8818569

Claim:
A communications and access system for a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle module including a microprocessor; a vehicle module antenna communicatively coupled to the vehicle module; a sensor device integrated within each tire of a vehicle, the sensor device including a tire pressure monitoring sensor, and each sensor device within each tire is communicatively coupled to a corresponding antenna; an identifier uniquely identifying each corresponding antenna, each corresponding antenna configured to receive tire pressure data from the respective sensor device and a wireless communication from a device external to the vehicle; wherein the vehicle module antenna is configured to receive the tire pressure data, the identifier, and the wireless communication from the sensor device via the respective antenna; and logic executable by the microprocessor, the logic configured to identify the tire pressure monitoring sensor providing the wireless communication via the identifier, and transmit instructions to a body control module of the vehicle, the instructions configured to perform a function with respect to a component of the vehicle that is located relative to a location of the device.