US 12,435,558 B2
System and methods for controlling a movable barrier operator
James Joseph Fitzgibbon, Batavia, IL (US); Garth Wesley Hopkins, Lisle, IL (US); Oddy Khamharn, Lombard, IL (US); and Adelaide Zhang, Northbrook, IL (US)
Assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC., Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed by The Chamberlain Group LLC, Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/845,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,071, filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0403693 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/73 (2015.01) [E05F 15/77 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/664 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/858 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a movable barrier operator, the method comprising:
at an in-vehicle device:
controlling, via a processor of the in-vehicle device, a communication circuitry of the in-vehicle device to communicate a prewarning request to the movable barrier operator;
receiving, via the communication circuitry, a wireless signal indicating communication of a state change request received at the movable barrier operator, the state change request configured to cause the movable barrier operator to move a movable barrier from a first state toward a second state;
determining, via the processor, whether to present an option to cancel the state change request based upon a predetermined set of rules;
presenting, via a user interface of the in-vehicle device, a notification of the communication of the state change request and the option to cancel the state change request;
receiving, via the user interface of the in-vehicle device, a user input to cancel the state change request; and
effecting cancelation of the state change request in response to the user interface receiving the user input to cancel the state change request.