US Patent Issued to The Chamberlain Group on Dec. 2 for "Security system for a moveable barrier operator" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,711, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Chamberlain Group LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Security system for a moveable barrier operator" was invented by Edward Bandyk (Woodridge, Ill.) and Patrick Bruckner (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a movable barrier operator is provided having a motor, a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive through the receiver a first public key from a remote control; determine a second public key and a second private key; and determine a shared secret session key using the second private key and the first public key. The controller is c...