Patent ID: 11941929
Assignee: THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 15:
16. A method of controlling access to a first secured area secured by a first movable barrier and a second secured area secured by a second movable barrier, the method comprising:
at a first movable barrier operator associated with the first movable barrier:
receiving, via communication circuitry of the first movable barrier operator, an access command representative of a user input received at a user interface of a remote control requesting to unsecure the first movable barrier, the access command including authentication data that associates the access command with a first level of access or a second level of access;
authenticating the access command, at a controller of the first movable barrier operator, based at least in part on the authentication data, wherein authenticating includes determining an association of the access command with the first level of access or the second level of access;
selectively controlling a second movable barrier operator associated with the second movable barrier, wherein selectively controlling includes:
communicating a first actuation signal associated with the first level of access to the second movable barrier operator to cause the second movable barrier operator to unsecure the second movable barrier and permit access to the second secured area in response to determining that the access command is associated with the first level of access;
communicating a second actuation signal associated with the second level of access to the second movable barrier operator to cause the second movable barrier to secure the second movable barrier and inhibit access to the second secured area in response to determining that the access command is associated with the second level of access; and
operating an actuator of the first movable barrier operator to unsecure the first movable barrier in response to determining that the access command is associated with either the first level of access or the second level of access.