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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
James J. Fitzgibbon, Batavia, IL (US);
William G. Gioia, Winfield, IL (US);
James J. Fitzgibbon, Batavia, IL (US);
William G. Gioia, Winfield, IL (US);
The Chamberlain Group, Inc., Elmhurst, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic service reminder to automatically notify a user as to when and what type of maintenance should be performed on the garage door operator, based on a variety of factors, including time, materials and operating environment. The garage door operator is configured to automatically generate an electronic service reminder in the form of an audible or visual alert based on one or more operating parameters of the garage door operator meeting or exceeding a predefined threshold. The predefined threshold is variable based on the values of the operating parameters.