ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,896, issued on May 26, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for operating a movable barrier operator" was invented by Brian William Hulse (Chicago), Robert Roy Keller Jr. (Park Ridge, Ill.), James Scott Murray (West Chicago, Ill.), Dilip Jagjivan Patel (Bartlett, Ill.) and Adam Joshua Schrems (Highland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating a movable barrier operator system in connection with a delivery. The method includes, at the movable barrier operator system, receiving a delivery open command moving a movable barrier from a closed position to an op...