Patent ID: 8362886

Claim:
A remote control system for a vehicle of a type including a data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and connecting a plurality of vehicle devices within the vehicle, the vehicle operating with a desired set of vehicle device codes from among a plurality of different sets of vehicle device codes for different vehicles, the remote control system comprising: a remote transmitter; a vehicle remote function controller being responsive to said remote transmitter and comprising a controller data link interface; and a multi-controller data bus adaptor for adapting said vehicle remote function controller to communicate via the data communications bus and comprising an adaptor data link interface coupled to said controller data link interface; said multi-controller data bus adaptor operable with a given set of controller codes for said vehicle remote function controller from among a plurality of different sets of controller codes for a plurality of different vehicle function controllers, and comprising a download learning port for learning the given set of controller codes and the desired set of vehicle device codes.