System and method for facilitating access to a secured area

1. A movable barrier operator for being associated with a secured area, the movable barrier operator comprising:

a motor configured to be coupled to a movable barrier;

communication circuitry; and

a processor operatively coupled with the motor and the communication circuitry, the processor having a learning mode wherein the processor facilitates learning of information associated with a transmitter upon the communication circuitry receiving a radio frequency control signal from the transmitter;

the processor configured to cause the motor to move the movable barrier from a closed position to an open position upon the communication circuitry receiving a state change request from a computing device to facilitate a delivery to the secured area, the state change request associated with the delivery to the secured area;

the processor configured to inhibit learning of information associated with a new transmitter via the learning mode upon the communication circuitry receiving the state change request from the computing device; and

the processor configured to cause the communication circuitry to communicate an indication of a difference between a first learned transmitter quantity before the delivery and a second learned transmitter quantity after the delivery.

2. The movable barrier operator of claim 1 further comprising a user interface configured to receive a learning mode request;

wherein the processor is configured to enter the learning mode in response to the user interface receiving the learning mode request.

3. The movable barrier operator of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to inhibit learning of the information associated with the new transmitter by disabling the learning mode.

4. The movable barrier operator of claim 1 further comprising an alert device coupled to the processor, the alert device configured to present at least one of a visual notification and an audible notification proximate the secured area after determination, by the processor, of a completion of the delivery to the secured area.

5. A movable barrier operator for being associated with a secured area, the movable barrier operator comprising:

a motor configured to be coupled to a movable barrier;

communication circuitry; and

a processor operatively coupled with the motor and the communication circuitry, the processor having a learning mode wherein the processor facilitates learning of information associated with a transmitter upon the communication circuitry receiving a radio frequency control signal from the transmitter;

the processor configured to cause the motor to move the movable barrier from a closed position to an open position upon the communication circuitry receiving a state change request from a computing device to facilitate a delivery to the secured area, the state change request associated with the delivery to the secured area;

the processor configured to inhibit learning of information associated with a new transmitter via the learning mode upon the communication circuitry receiving the state change request from the computing device;

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the motor to move the movable barrier from the open position to the closed position upon completion of the delivery; and

the processor is configured to, upon the motor moving the movable barrier to the closed position, re-enable the learning mode.

6. The movable barrier operator of claim 5 further comprising a user interface configured to receive a learning mode request; and

wherein the processor is configured to enter the learning mode in response to the user interface receiving the learning mode request.

7. The movable barrier operator of claim 5 wherein the processor is further configured to cause the communication circuitry to communicate a notification to a user device in response to an attempt to cause the processor to enter the learning mode subsequent to the state change request associated with the delivery.

8. The movable barrier operator of claim 5 wherein the processor is configured to inhibit learning of the information associated with the new transmitter by disabling the learning mode.

9. A movable barrier operator for being associated with a secured area, the movable barrier operator comprising:

a motor configured to be coupled to a movable barrier;

communication circuitry; and

a processor operatively coupled with the motor and the communication circuitry, the processor having a learning mode wherein the processor facilitates learning of information associated with a transmitter upon the communication circuitry receiving a radio frequency control signal from the transmitter;

the processor configured to cause the motor to move the movable barrier from a closed position to an open position upon the communication circuitry receiving a state change request from a computing device to facilitate a delivery to the secured area, the state change request associated with the delivery to the secured area;

the processor configured to inhibit learning of information associated with a new transmitter via the learning mode by disabling the learning mode upon the communication circuitry receiving the state change request from the computing device; and

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the communication circuitry to communicate a notification to a user device in response to an attempt to cause the processor to enter the learning mode subsequent to the state change request associated with the delivery.

10. The movable barrier operator of claim 9 further comprising a user interface configured to receive a learning mode request; and

wherein the processor is configured to enter the learning mode in response to the user interface receiving the learning mode request.

11. An operator enhancement device comprising:

communication circuitry configured to communicate via radio frequency signals with a plurality of movable barrier operator types that use different communication protocols;

the communication circuitry configured to receive a state change request from a remote computing device to facilitate a delivery; and

a processor operatively coupled to the communication circuitry, the processor configured to operate the communication circuitry to communicate with a movable barrier operator and cause the movable barrier operator to move an associated movable barrier from a closed position to an open position upon the communication circuitry receiving the state change request;

the processor is configured to inhibit the movable barrier operator from learning information associated with a new transmitter by causing the communication circuitry to transmit a radio frequency signal to interfere with receipt, by the movable barrier operator, of the information associated with the new transmitter during the delivery.

12. The operator enhancement device of claim 11 wherein the communication circuitry is configured to communicate with the remote computing device via a network, and the state change request indicates that the state change request is associated with the delivery.

13. The operator enhancement device of claim 11 further comprising a memory configured to store a data array including information associated with at least one learned transmitter, the information including at least a transmitter ID; and

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a transmitter ID of a radio frequency signal from the new transmitter;

compare the transmitter ID to the at least one learned transmitter ID; and

cause the communication circuitry to transmit the radio frequency signal to interfere with receipt of the information associated with the new transmitter by the movable barrier operator in response to the transmitter ID of the radio frequency signal from the new transmitter not corresponding to any of the at least one learned transmitter ID.

14. The operator enhancement device of claim 11 further comprising a memory configured to store a data array including information associated with previously detected, but unlearned, transmitters, the information of the data array including at least a transmitter ID; and

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a transmitter ID of a radio frequency signal from the new transmitter;

compare the transmitter ID to the transmitter IDs of the previously detected, but unlearned, transmitters; and

transmit the radio frequency signal to interfere with receipt of the information associated with the new transmitter by the movable barrier operator in response to the transmitter ID of the radio frequency signal from the new transmitter not corresponding to the transmitter IDs of the previously detected, but unlearned, transmitters.

15. The operator enhancement device of claim 11 wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a signal strength of a radio frequency signal from the new transmitter; and

cause the communication circuitry to transmit the radio frequency signal to interfere with receipt of the information associated with the new transmitter by the movable barrier operator only if the signal strength is above a predetermined signal strength threshold.