US Patent Issued to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP on Nov. 25 for "Movable barrier operator with ultra-wideband device" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,318, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Movable barrier operator with ultra-wideband device" was invented by Michael Aaron Burroughs (Chicago), James J. Fitzgibbon (Batavia, Ill.), James D. Johnson (Algonquin, Ill.), David R. Morris (Glenview, Ill.) and Christopher J. Staub (Aurora, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing and controlling movable barrier operator systems are described herein. A method for controlling a movable barrier operator system comprises receiving a credential associated with a first user account from a first user device, st...