Patent ID: 8207818

Claim:
A movable barrier operator remote control transmitter kit for use with a movable barrier operator that uses a particular remote control instruction signal protocol, the kit comprising: a movable barrier operator remote control transmitter comprising: a dynamically configurable remote control instruction signal transmitter; a user input; a memory having stored therein a plurality of different remote control instruction signal protocols as correspond to a plurality of different movable barrier operators; and a controller operably coupled to the dynamically configurable remote control instruction signal transmitter, the user input, and the memory, and being configured and arranged to: during a user selectable learning mode of operation: automatically at least begin to incrementally dynamically configure the dynamically configurable remote control instruction signal transmitter using a next one of the plurality of different remote control instruction signal protocols with each user assertion of the user input to thereby provide a test configured transmitter; cause the test configured transmitter to transmit a test transmission corresponding to the next one of the plurality of different remote control instruction signal protocols to thereby permit the user to ascertain whether a corresponding movable barrier operator responds positively to the test configured transmitter; automatically halt the test transmission corresponding to the next one of the plurality of different remote control instruction signal protocols upon detecting a subsequent user assertion of the user input prior to completion of the test transmission.