Patent 7850078 was granted and assigned to Lear Corporation on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A remote control system includes a portable control unit with a user interface. A radio frequency transceiver communicates with the remote control system to determine if the portable unit is within a secure space. Commands from the remote control system are ignored when the portable control unit is within the secure space until a predetermined code is entered on the user interface.