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US 12,354,422 B2Granted
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.
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A transmitter apparatus comprising:
- communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote computer via a network;
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- a processor operably coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to:
- generate a transmitter pairing request for pairing the transmitter apparatus with a movable barrier operator,
- communicate the transmitter pairing request to the remote computer via the communication circuitry, wherein the remote computer is configured to verify the transmitter pairing request and thereby send an add transmitter request to the movable barrier operator including a transmitter fixed code associated with the transmitter apparatus,
- receive the transmitter fixed code from the remote computer in response to the transmitter pairing request, and
- program the transmitter apparatus to transmit a modified radio frequency control signal including the transmitter fixed code to the movable barrier operator for actuating a movable barrier operatively coupled with the movable barrier operator.
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A method for transmitter programming, the method comprising:
- generate, by a processor of a transmitter apparatus, a transmitter pairing request for pairing the transmitter apparatus with a movable barrier operator;
- send, by the processor of the transmitter apparatus, the transmitter pairing request to a remote computer via communication circuitry operably coupled to the processor of the transmitter apparatus, wherein the remote computer is configured to verify the transmitter pairing request and thereby send an add transmitter request to the movable barrier operator including a transmitter fixed code associated with the transmitter apparatus;
- in response to sending the transmitter pairing request, receive, by the processor of the transmitter apparatus from the remote computer, the transmitter fixed code;
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- program, by the processor of the transmitter apparatus, the transmitter apparatus to transmit a modified radio frequency control signal including the transmitter fixed code to the movable barrier operator for actuating a movable barrier operatively coupled with the movable barrier operator.
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An apparatus comprising:
- communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote computer via a network;
- a processor operably coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to:
- generate a transmitter pairing request for pairing the apparatus with a movable barrier operator,
- communicate the transmitter pairing request to the remote computer via the communication circuitry, wherein the remote computer is configured to verify the transmitter pairing request and thereby send an add transmitter request to the movable barrier operator including a transmitter fixed code associated with the apparatus,
- receive the transmitter fixed code from the remote computer in response to the transmitter pairing request, and
- program the apparatus to transmit a modified radio frequency control signal including the transmitter fixed code to the movable barrier operator for actuating a movable barrier operatively coupled with the movable barrier operator;
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- at least two buttons, wherein one button of the at least two buttons is associated with the transmitter pairing request, the transmitter pairing request further including a unique transmitter identification (ID) and an input ID identifying the one button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.