US Patent Issued to GMI Holdings on March 18 for "Multi-channel signaling for a barrier operator system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,727, issued on March 18, was assigned to GMI Holdings Inc. (Mt. Hope, Ohio).

"Multi-channel signaling for a barrier operator system" was invented by Robert M. Whitley (Benbrook, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless transmitter for controlling a barrier operator includes at least one processor, an actuator, and a memory storing instructions. When executed by the at least one processor, the instructions cause the at least one processor to transmit a first data packet configured to initiate actuation of the barrier operator on a first channel and transmit the first data packet on a second channel. The transmission on the fir...