Patent ID: 8049595

Claim:
A method for training a transmitter for a wireless control system in a vehicle to wirelessly control a plurality of remote electronic systems based upon a single event, the method comprising: receiving a request from a user to begin training a plurality of wireless control signals to be associated with a single event; receiving the single event; receiving, at the in-vehicle wireless control system, a first wireless control signal having a first wireless control code; identifying and storing the first wireless control code of the first wireless control signal; associating the first wireless control code with the single event, whereby the in-vehicle wireless control system is configured to wirelessly control a first remote electronic system by transmitting the first wireless control code of the first wireless control signal in response to the single event; receiving, at the in-vehicle wireless control system, a second wireless control signal having a second wireless control code; identifying and storing the second wireless control code of the second wireless control signal; and associating the second wireless control code with the single event, whereby the in-vehicle wireless control system is configured to wirelessly control a second remote electronic system by transmitting the second wireless control code of the second wireless control signal in response to the single event; wherein the single event is one of: (a) a single actuation of a single switch, and (b) a location-based determination; and wherein the first wireless control code and the second wireless control code are sequentially or simultaneously transmitted in response to the single event when the transmitter is operating outside of a training mode.