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Barrier operator feature enhancement

  • US 10,597,928 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2018
  • Issued: 03/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a barrier operator communication module configured to communicate with a plurality of barrier operator types that use different communication protocols by sending communication signals by wireless or wired communication protocols;

    an input/output module configured to communicate with a computing device over a network;

    the input/output module further configured to receive an operation status of a barrier operator indicative of whether an associated barrier is closed;

    control circuitry communicatively coupled to the barrier operator communication module and the input/output module, the control circuitry configured to cause the barrier operator communication module to communicate with any of the plurality of barrier operator types, the control circuitry of the apparatus further configured to communicate with a presence detector configured to detect a presence of a vehicle;

    wherein the control circuitry is further configured to effect synchronization, in response to detection of the presence of the vehicle by the presence detector and the operation status indicating that the barrier is closed, between vehicle data stored by a storage device of the vehicle and computing device data stored by the computing device;

    wherein synchronization includes communication of data between the vehicle and the computing device via the input/output module and the network.

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