System and method for facilitating access to a secured area

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for controlling access into a garage with a garage door, the instructions when executed by a processor cause performance of operations comprising:

• receiving, at communication circuitry of a garage door opener associated with the garage door, a control signal from a remote control;
• determining, by a processor of the garage door opener, if the received control signal is a primary signal associated with a resident of a structure associated with the garage or a secondary signal associated with a delivery associate, wherein the garage door opener fully opens the garage door in response to determining the received control signal is the primary signal;
• determining a current state of a second movable barrier associated with the garage;
• and
• in response to determining the received control signal is the secondary signal:
• partially opening the garage door a sufficient distance for a package delivered by the delivery associate to slide under the garage door;
• and
• locking the second movable barrier based on determining the current state of the second movable barrier.

A movable barrier operator for controlling access to a secured area, the movable barrier operator comprising:

• communication circuitry configured to receive a control signal from a remote control;
• non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon;
• and
• a processor operatively connected to the communication circuitry and the non-transitory computer readable medium, the processor configured to:
• receive the control signal from the communication circuitry;
• determining if the received control signal is a primary signal associated with a resident of the secured area or a secondary signal associated with a delivery associate, wherein the processor causes the movable barrier operator to fully open a movable barrier associated with the movable barrier operator in response to determining the received control signal is the primary signal;
• in response to determining the received control signal is the secondary signal:
• causing the movable barrier operator to partially open the movable barrier a sufficient distance for a package delivered by the delivery associate to slide under the movable barrier;
• determining a current state of a second movable barrier associated with the secured area;
• and
• locking the second moveable barrier based on determining the current state of the second movable barrier operator.