Method and apparatus for memory cloning for a control device

A control unit for use with a movable barrier operator, the control unit comprising:

• a housing;
• a processing unit disposed within the housing and providing at least one control signal from time to time to the movable barrier operator;
• a user interface operably coupled to the processing unit;
• a wireless receiver having an input to receive wireless control signals from a plurality of transmitters and having an output operably coupled to the processing unit, wherein the transmitters are each identifiable by a corresponding indentifier;
• a first memory physical interface disposed within the housing and being operably coupled to the processing unit;
• a second memory physical interface disposed within the housing and being operably coupled to the processing unit;
• a cloning program executable at least in part by the processing unit to cause the processing unit to copy the transmitter identifier contents of a first memory that is removably coupled to the first memory physical interface to a second memory that is removably coupled to the second memory physcial interface to thereby create with the second memory a clone of the first memory.

A method comprising:

• providing a control device having at least a first and second memory socket, the control device being operably coupled to a movable barrier operator;
• placing a first memory in the first memory socket, which first memory includes identifying information regarding transmitters that are authorized to use at least one movable barrier operator;
• placing a second memory in the second memory socket;
• copying at least part of the identifying information from the first memory to the second memory;
• removing the second memory from the second memory socket.

A control device comprising:

• processing means for providing control signals to a movable barrier operator;
• user interface means for providing user instructions to the processing means;
• wireless receiver means for receiving wireless control signals from a plurality of transmitters and providing information regarding at least some of the wireless control signals to the processing unit, wherein at least some of the wireless control signals include indentifying information that uniquely identifies a transmitter that sourced the corresponding identifying information;
• first memory interface means for coupling a first removable memory to the processing means;
• second memory interface means for coupling a second removable memory to the processing unit;
• cloning means for copying transmitter identifier contents of a first memory that is removably coupled to the first memory means to a second memory that is removably coupled to the second memory means to thereby create with the second memory a clone of the first memory.

A radio receiver comprising:

• a housing;
• a processing unit disposed within the housing and providing at least one control signal from time to time;
• a user interface operably coupled to the processing unit;
• a wireless receiver having an input to receive wireless control signals from a plurality of transmitters and having an output operably coupled to the processing unit, wherein the transmitters are each identifiable by a corresponding indentifier;
• a first memory physical interface disposed within the housing and being operably coupled to the processing unit;
• a second memory physical interface disposed within the housing and being operably coupled to the processing unit;
• a cloning program executable at least in part by the processing unit to cause the processing unit to copy the transmitter identifier contents of a first memory that is removably coupled to the first memory physical interface to a second memory that is removably coupled to the second memory physcial interface to thereby create with the second memory a clone of the first memory.