Patent ID: 7034664

Claim:
A general short-range remote control system comprising: at least one receiver device; at least one transmitter device adapted to communicate with the at least one receiver device, the transmitter device having a factory pre-set communication protocol that includes data arranged in a four quadric or higher format, the communication protocol adapted to remain unchanged in response to power supply interruption; the receiver device including a memory device, the memory of which will not change due to power supply interruption and adapted to be read or written or re-written to store a quadric or higher ID code from the transmitter device during a programming mode; wherein the transmitter device is adapted to generate a 1.2 second data stream including the quadric or higher ID code to be received by the receiver, the 1.2 second data stream conforming to the communication protocol and including data arranged in a four quadric or higher format; and a microprocessor in the receiver that is adapted to respond if the quadric or higher ID code received from the transmitter device matches a quadric or higher ID code stored in the receiver.