17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
5:17 p.m.
Jim_Miller@suite.com wrote:
The major flaw I see in this scheme is that the "current family number" in the hand unit may become off frequently due to accidental button pushes.
I think that a practical scheme has to be able to work when the button on the remote can be activated away from the garage door: What about kids using the remote as a phaser while playing a game of Star Trek, showing off your new cryptographic garage door remote to a friend, dropping a book on top of the remote in the car, being a little too hasty and pressing the button while still a few feet out of range of the garage door, a fidgety passenger picking up the remote and playing with it while in the car, etc.? -- sidney <sidney@apple.com>