Method and apparatus for displaying blocked transmitter information
AssigneeThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.
InventorsRobert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
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Abstract
A control unit 11 for a movable barrier operator and having a user interface having a display 31 can provide information on that display 31 of all presently blocked remote control transmitters without necessitating the display of any non-blocked transmitter information. In one embodiment the information is displayed one transmitter at a time, either automatically or in response to the user's actions.
Claims15
A method for use with a control device, which control device is operably coupleable to a movable barrier operator and receives movable barrier operator instructions from a plurality of transmitters, each of which transmitters is identifiable by a unique identifier, the method comprising:
- providing a memory containing a plurality of the unique identifiers, wherein at least some of the unique identifiers can also have stored in correspondence therewith a blocking indicator to indicate that the unique identifier associated with the blocking indicator is not authorized to control at least one aspect of the movable barrier operator;
- upon detecting assertion of a first user interface input that comprises a command to display blocked unique identifiers, displaying at least a first memory location address as contains a unique identifier as is then stored in the memory in association with one of the blocking indicators.
A device for use with a movable barrier operator comprising:
- memory means for storing identifying information as corresponds to a plurality of remote control transmitters and blocking information in association with any identifying information that corresponds to specific remote control transmitters that are not fully authorized with respect to the movable barrier operator;
- display means for displaying at least memory location addresses;
- user interface means for causing memory location addresses that correspond to identifying information for blocked remote control transmitters to be displayed in response to a command that blocked transmitters be displayed.
A method for use with a control device that receives instructions from a plurality of transmitters, each of which transmitters is identifiable by a unique identifier, the method comprising:
- providing a memory containing a plurality of the unique identifiers, wherein at least some of the unique identifiers can also have stored in correspondence therewith a blocking indicator to indicate that the unique identifier associated with the blocking indicator is not authorized to provide at least one instruction;
- upon detecting assertion of a first user interface input that comprises a command to display blocked unique identifiers, displaying at least a first memory location address as contains a unique identifier as is then stored in the pg,13 memory in association with one of the blocking indicators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.