Patent ID: 7778604

Claim:
A garage door opener communications gateway module comprising: a garage door receiver for receiving garage door signals; a garage door transmitter for transmitting control signals to a garage door opener operable for opening and closing a garage door of a garage of a house, wherein the garage door transmitter transmits a control signal to the garage door opener to control the garage door upon receipt of a garage door signal by the garage door receiver; a first transceiver, the first transceiver being Bluetooth enabled for wirelessly communicating with a Bluetooth enabled appliance of a vehicle over a first communications path when the vehicle is located within the vicinity of the garage; and a second transceiver for communicating with a device of the house over a second communications path; wherein the vehicle appliance and the house device communicate with one another over the first and second communications paths via the first and second transceivers; wherein the garage door receiver, the garage door transmitter, and the first and second transceivers are contained within a housing mountable to the garage.