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AssigneeThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.
InventorsCasparus Cate, James J. Fitzgibbon, Robert R. Keller, Jr., Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi, Cory Jon Sorice
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A barrier operator feature enhancement device is designed to provide one or more features found in modern barrier operator devices and to incorporate those features into a previously installed barrier operator system. To facilitate ease of use, the barrier operator feature enhancement device can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. To facilitate the ease of installation, the device is designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the feature enhancement device works with the barrier operator to provide one or more additional features to enhance the capabilities of the previously installed barrier operator.
An apparatus comprising:
A method of operating a barrier operator enhancement device configured to communicate with a garage door operator and a vehicle, the barrier operator enhancement device being separate from the vehicle and remaining in the garage when the vehicle is not present in the garage, the barrier operator enhancement device comprising a barrier operator communication module configured to communicate with a plurality of barrier operator types that use different communication protocols, an input/output module configured to communicate with the vehicle and configured to receive a control signal from a peripheral device to effect operation of the garage door operator, and control circuitry operatively connected to the barrier operator communication module and the input/output module and configured to cause the barrier operator communication module to communicate with the garage door operator using one of the communication protocols of the plurality of barrier operator types to control movement of a garage door associated with the garage door operator in response to the input/output module receiving the control signal from the peripheral device, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.