Remote Starter Adapter Using Wi-Fi Promiscuous Mode
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote automobile starters require ongoing subscription fees for phone application functionality, making them expensive over time and limiting user access without continuous service connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A remote starter adapter that uses a Wi-Fi capable communication device to directly activate a remote starter via a 'bit stuffing' technique, eliminating the need for online service communication by utilizing a wireless network interface controller in promiscuous mode to transmit command data and trigger an electronic switch for engine starting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional remote starters use online service communication, then reliable remote activation is achieved, but ongoing subscription fees are required making it expensive over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the communication functionality from the remote starter unit itself and relocates it to the user's smartphone. The remote starter becomes a simple receiver that listens for commands on a designated Wi-Fi channel, while all communication intelligence resides in the smartphone application, eliminating the need for expensive ongoing online service subscriptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces Wi-Fi direct communication as an intermediary between the user and the remote starter, replacing the traditional online service platform. This direct peer-to-peer communication channel eliminates the need for continuous connectivity to external servers, thereby eliminating subscription fees while maintaining reliable activation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional remote starters require online service connectivity, then centralized control is maintained, but user access is limited without continuous service connectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the remote starting system into two independent components: a smartphone application that the user controls and a remote starter unit that executes commands. This segmentation allows the user to have full control through their own device without depending on continuous connectivity to external service infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the user's smartphone to serve as their own communication infrastructure. The application uses the device's Wi-Fi capabilities to directly communicate with the remote starter, making the system self-sufficient and independent of external service providers.
3Productivity
If bit stuffing technique is used for data transmission, then operational overhead is reduced and transmission range is extended, but data format complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies bit stuffing by inserting additional bits into the data stream at specific intervals or conditions. This parameter change in the transmission format allows the system to achieve longer transmission ranges and lower operational overhead by optimizing the data structure, despite the increased complexity in parsing the stuffed bits.
Data Source
AI summary
Implementations provide techniques for remote starter adapter for use with a communication device. In one implementation, a system comprising a memory and an adapter coupled, operatively coupled to the memory, having an interface to connect to a remote starter. The adapter is to receive, via a wireless connection, a probe request from a communication device, the probe request comprising a command data structure. It is determined whether to change a status of an indicator based on the command data structure. Responsive to changing the statue of the indicator, a signal associated with the adapter is generated. Thereupon, the signal is transmitted, via the interface, to an input circuit to activate the remote starter.