Patent ID: 8208888

Claim:
A system for mounting to a first vehicle and for learning information from a second transmitter configured to be mounted to a second vehicle and to cause the activation of a remote device by transmitting a first control signal to the remote device, the system comprising: a receiver configured to receive the information from the second transmitter; processing electronics coupled to the receiver and configured to use the received information to determine at least one signal characteristic, wherein processing electronics receives a first command that indicates that the information will be communicated from the second transmitter; a memory coupled to the processing electronics and configured to store the at least one signal characteristic; and a first transmitter coupled to the processing electronics and configured to receive a second command from the processing electronics to transmit a second control signal based on the at least one stored characteristic, wherein the second control signal is transmitted to the remote device to cause the activation of the remote device; wherein the processing electronics is configured to increase the sensitivity of the receiver based on the receipt of the first command, wherein the receiver with increased sensitivity is configured to receive the information from the second transmitter.