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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Richard J. Chutorash, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

James E. Trainor, Holland, MI (US);

Jeffrey Golden, Holland, MI (US);

Steven L. Geerlings, Holland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Richard J. Chutorash, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

James E. Trainor, Holland, MI (US);

Jeffrey Golden, Holland, MI (US);

Steven L. Geerlings, Holland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/48 (2006.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication system and method in which the communication system comprises a first communication module () and a second communication module (). The first communication module () is located inside a vehicle (), and the second communication module () is located in a garage door opener () and/or a home (). A first information () relating to status information of the vehicle () is transmitted wirelessly between the first and second communication modules (). Additionally or alternatively, a second information is transmitted between the first and second communication modules (). The second information relates to status information of the garage door opener () and/or the home ().


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