US Patent Issued to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP on Aug. 11 for "System and method for facilitating access to a secured area" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,943, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"System and method for facilitating access to a secured area" was invented by David R. Morris (Glenview, Ill.), James Scott Murray (West Chicago, Ill.) and Adam Joshua Schrems (Highland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a portable electronic device is provided for accessing a secured area to deliver a package therein. The portable electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect an indicium of the package and communication circuitry configured to communicate a message to a server computer associated with the package upo...