Patent ID: 7970446

Claim:
A wireless control system for use in a vehicle and for use with a remote electronic system, the wireless control system comprising: a transceiver for mounting in the vehicle and configured to communicate according to a bi-directional data communications protocol that operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM RF band; and a control circuit for learning a carrier frequency and control information expected by the remote electronic system; wherein the control circuit is further configured to cause the transceiver to transmit a control signal to the remote electronic system according to the learned carrier frequency, the control information, or the learned carrier frequency and the control information; wherein the control circuit causes the transceiver to transmit the control signal to the remote electronic system using a cryptographically encoded rolling code for use with the remote electronic system; wherein the transceiver is configured to form a wireless data communications link with a device external the vehicle and wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a code via the wireless data communications link and to provide the code to the control circuit, wherein the control signal is based on the received code.