Patent ID: 7990255

Claim:
A method for extending a reception range of a vehicle remote control system, comprising: receiving, at a repeater, a first radio frequency (RF) signal having inbound data packets indicating a vehicle function to be performed from a remote transmitter; generating, at the repeater, a second RF signal by placing outbound data packets indicating the vehicle function to be performed between the inbound data packets until reception of the first RF signal is complete; and transmitting, from the repeater, the second RF signal to a reception module of a vehicle remote control system, wherein the repeater includes a first module that stores codes for defining a plurality of vehicle functions, the method further comprising: receiving, at the repeater, a request to provide the vehicle remote control system with a new function based on the codes stored in the first module; and transmitting, from the repeater, a function signal to the reception module of the vehicle remote control system, the function signal including the codes corresponding to the new function.