Patent ID: 7005960

Claim:
A vehicle remote control system comprising: at least one remote transmitter to be carried by a user for selectively transmitting a plurality of signals; and a controller for receiving the signals from said at least one remote transmitter, said controller comprising a plurality of outputs and being switchable between first and second output operating states; said controller in the first output operating state operating a first output based upon a first occurrence of receiving a first signal from said at least one remote transmitter, and operating a second output based upon a second occurrence of receiving the first signal from said at least one remote transmitter within a predetermined time of the first occurrence thereof; said controller in the second output operating state operating the first output based upon the first occurrence of receiving the first signal from said at least one remote transmitter, not operating the second output based upon the second occurrence of receiving the first signal from said at least one remote transmitter within the predetermined time of the first occurrence thereof, and operating the second output based upon receiving a second signal from said at least one remote transmitter.