US Patent Issued to The Chamberlain Group on Sept. 30 for "Movable barrier operator having updatable security protocol" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,900, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to The Chamberlain Group LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Movable barrier operator having updatable security protocol" was invented by Casparus Cate (Chicago), David R. Morris (Glenview, Ill.), Brian Roy Skotty (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Cory Jon Sorice (LaGrange, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proxy device comprising a processor and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the processor. The communication interface configured to transmit information representative of a second security protocol to a remote control. The remote control operable to transmit communications to a movable barrier o...