Patent ID: 8291642

Claim:
A movable barrier operator comprising: a first movable barrier operator coupled to a first movable barrier, the first movable barrier operator being operable to move the first movable barrier to a first predetermined intermediate position via a first movement and according to a first operating characteristic, the first predetermined intermediate position being relative to and different from both an open position and a closed position of the first movable barrier; and a second movable barrier operator coupled to and operable to move a second movable barrier, the second movable barrier operator comprising a processing device configured and arranged to: effect movement of the second movable barrier toward a second predetermined position via a second movement according to a second operating characteristic independent of the first operating characteristic of the first movable barrier operator; receive notification that the first movable barrier has been moved to the first predetermined intermediate position; modify the second operating characteristic based at least in part on the received notification that the first movable barrier has been moved to the first predetermined intermediate position and a current position of the second movable barrier in response to receiving the notification; and effect movement of the second movable barrier to the second predetermined position according to the modified second operating characteristic and independent of the first operating characteristic of the first movable barrier operator.