Patent ID: 7194412

Claim:
A barrier operator system for moving a barrier between open and closed positions, including: lighting associated with said operator system; an operator mechanism operably connected to a barrier for moving said barrier between open and closed positions; a base controller operably associated with said operator mechanism for causing said operator mechanism to move said barrier; and at least one remote controller including a speech recognition module programmed to recognize one or more spoken gateway words and one or more spoken command words, a radio frequency (RF) transmitter operably connected to said speech recognition module for transmitting a radio frequency signal to said base controller in response to a signal from said speech recognition module, and a microcontroller operably connected to said RF transmitter and to said speech recognition module and operable to transmit a signal to said RF transmitter on receipt of a signal from said speech recognition module to effect one of controlling said lighting and moving said barrier between open and closed positions.