System and method for facilitating access to a secured area

US11562610B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Chamberlain Group LLC · US

Inventors

• Maurien Alamin · Vernon Hills, US
• Jordan Ari Farber · San Francisco, US
• Ghazi Khan · Marengo, US
• Erik James Manninen · Westmont, US
• David R. Morris · Glenview, US
• Corey Jevon Norman · Villa Park, US
• Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi · Schaumburg, US
• Cory Jon Sorice · Bourbonnais, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2023
• Expiry date: May 18, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C2009/00928
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one aspect, a portable electronic device is provided for accessing a secured area to deliver a package therein. The portable electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect an indicium of the package and communication circuitry configured to communicate a message to a server computer associated with the package upon the sensor detecting the indicium. The communication circuitry is further configured to receive delivery information from the server computer, the delivery information including at least a location of the secured area. The portable electronic device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the communication circuitry. The processor is configured to cause, via the communication circuitry, the movable barrier operator to open a movable barrier associated with the secured area.