Patent ID: 7561020
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: E05F,E05Y,G07C

Abstract:
1. A moveable barrier operator configured to be operated in an area enclosed by a moveable barrier, the moveable barrier operator comprising: a receiver device configured to receive signals at multiple frequencies at the moveable barrier operator, which receiver receives incoming signals at the moveable barrier operator and which incoming signals include a security code; a transmitter device configured to transmit signals at multiple frequencies, the transmitter device at the moveable barrier operator which transmitter device transmits the incoming signals and which incoming signals include the security code; a barrier positioning apparatus at the moveable barrier operator, the barrier positioning apparatus configured to be responsive at a plurality of frequencies to the incoming signals which include the security code and which incoming signals are received by the receiver to control the position of a barrier; and a controller at the moveable barrier operator, the controller coupled to the receiver device and the transmitter device, the controller being programmed to receive a received signal from the receiver device and being programmed to responsively re-transmit the received signal as second signals to at least one other moveable barrier operator from the transmitter device when indicated by the signal, the at least one other moveable barrier operator configured to be operated in a second area enclosed by at least one other moveable barrier and the at least one other moveable barrier operator configured responsively receive, recognize the security code at a plurality of frequencies and determine whether to actuate the at least one other moveable barrier operator or re-transmit the second signal.