System for facilitating access to a secured area

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for controlling access to a secured area secured by a movable barrier, the instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, via communication circuitry of a movable barrier operator associated with the movable barrier, an open command representative of a user input received at a user interface of a remote control to unsecure the movable barrier;
• authenticating the open command, wherein authenticating includes determining an association of the open command with a first level of access or a second level of access;
• operating an actuator of the movable barrier operator to unsecure the movable barrier in response to determining that the open command is associated with the first level of access or the second level of access, wherein the actuator is operated to move the movable barrier to an intermediate position between an open position and a closed position in response to determining that the open command is associated with the second level of access;
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• causing operation of a camera to continuously capture an image and/or a while the movable barrier is in the intermediate position in response to determining that the open command is associated with the second level of access and not causing operation of the camera in response to determining that the open command is associated with the first level of access.

A method of controlling access to a secured area by a movable barrier, the method comprising:

• at a movable barrier operator associated with the movable barrier:
• receiving, via communication circuitry of the movable barrier operator, an open command representative of a user input received at a user interface of a remote control to unsecure the movable barrier;
• authenticating the open command, at a controller of the movable barrier operator, wherein authenticating includes determining an association of the open command with a first level of access or a second level of access;
• operating an actuator of the movable barrier operator to unsecure the movable barrier in response to determining that the open command is associated with either the first level of access or the second level of access, wherein the actuator is operated to move the movable barrier to an intermediate position between an open position and a closed position in response to determining that the open command is associated with the second level of access;
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• causing operation of a camera to continuously capture an image and/or a video while the movable barrier is in the intermediate position in response to determining that the open command is associated with the second level of access and not causing operation of the camera in response to determining that the open command is associated with the first level of access.