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

Claim 0:
1. A movable barrier operator comprising:
an actuator operable to secure and unsecure a first movable barrier;
communication circuitry configured to receive an access command from a remote control, the access command representative of a user input received at a user interface of the remote control requesting to access a first secured area associated with the first movable barrier, the access command including authentication data indicating whether the remote control is associated with a first level of access or a second level of access, the communication circuitry further configured to communicate with a second movable barrier operator associated with a second movable barrier of a second secured area; and
a controller operatively coupled to the actuator and the communication circuitry, the controller configured to authenticate the access command based at least in part on the authentication data, wherein authentication of the access command includes determining an association of the access command with the first level of access or the second level of access;
wherein the controller is further configured to cause the communication circuitry to communicate 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;
wherein the controller is further configured to cause the communication circuitry to communicate a second actuation signal associated with the second level of access to the second movable barrier operator to cause the second movable barrier operator 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
wherein the controller is configured to cause the actuator to unsecure the first movable barrier upon the communication circuitry receiving the access command regardless of association of the access command with the first level of access or the second level of access.