Movable barrier operator and transmitter pairing over a network
AssigneeThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.
InventorsCasparus Cate, Garth Wesley Hopkins, Oddy Khamharn, Mark Edward Miller, Cory Sorice
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Abstract
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a system and method are provided for pairing a network-enabled movable barrier operator with a transmitter. The method may include receiving a pairing request, retrieving a hashed version of the transmitter fixed code, verifying access authorization, and forwarding the hashed version of the transmitter fixed code to a movable barrier operator to allow the movable barrier operator to determine whether a new transmitter is authorized to control the movable barrier operator.
Claims26
A server system for brokering movable barrier access comprising:
- communication circuitry configured to communicate with a plurality of user devices and a plurality of movable barrier operator apparatuses;
- and
- a processor operably coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to:
- receive a transmitter pairing request from a user device requesting to access a movable barrier operator apparatus via a transmitter;
- verify the transmitter pairing request;
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- send an add transmitter request to the movable barrier operator apparatus, the add transmitter request including a transmitter code associated with the transmitter and configured to cause the movable barrier operator apparatus to store the transmitter code in a memory of the movable barrier operator apparatus.
A method for brokering movable barrier access comprising:
- at server computer:
- receiving, via communication circuitry of the server computer, a transmitter pairing request from a user device requesting to access a movable barrier operator apparatus via a transmitter;
- verifying, with a processor of the server computer, the transmitter pairing request;
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- sending, via the communication circuitry, an add transmitter request to the movable barrier operator apparatus, the add transmitter request including a transmitter code associated with the transmitter and configured to cause the movable barrier operator apparatus to store the transmitter code in a memory of the movable barrier operator apparatus.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via communication circuitry, a transmitter pairing request from a user device requesting to access a movable barrier operator apparatus via a transmitter;
- verifying the transmitter pairing request;
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- based on the verifying, sending, via the communication circuitry, an add transmitter request to the movable barrier operator apparatus, the add transmitter request including a transmitter code associated with the transmitter, the add transmitter request configured to cause the movable barrier operator apparatus to store the transmitter code in a memory of the movable barrier operator apparatus enabling the movable barrier operator apparatus to verify requests received from the transmitter to open or close a movable barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.