US 12,270,241 B2
System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises
Patrick Evans, Elmhurst, IL (US); and Michael Pilgrim, Oconomowoc, WI (US)
Assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC., Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed by Systems, LLC, Germantown, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,246.
Application 17/973,246 is a continuation of application No. 17/005,710, filed on Aug. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,492,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,745, filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,569, filed on Sep. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046605 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E05F 15/00 (2015.01); B65G 69/28 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/73 (2015.01) [B65G 69/2811 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/30 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/856 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/11 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/40 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling access to a facility that includes a movable barrier and a plurality of loading docks, the method comprising:
receiving, from a user device associated with a vehicle, a check-in communication that includes a check-in identifier;
receiving a verification communication that verifies a presence of the vehicle relative to a sensor associated with the movable barrier;
causing a movable barrier operator associated with the movable barrier to move the movable barrier between closed and open positions in response to the check-in identifier indicating authorization to access the facility and in response to receiving the verification communication;
selecting a particular loading dock from the plurality of loading docks; and
communicating, to the user device, a loading dock identification representative of the particular loading dock to direct the vehicle to the particular loading dock.