Patent ID: 11948125
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the usage event associated with the first object is based upon the change of the ambient light level from an initial ambient light level below the threshold ambient light level to a second ambient light level above the threshold ambient light level, the method further comprising:
receiving a third signal indicative of at least one of a third ambient light level of ambient light of the space within which the first object is located, a change of the third ambient light level or the third ambient light level meeting the threshold ambient light level; and
determining, based upon the change of the ambient light level from the second ambient light level above the threshold ambient light level to the third ambient light level below the threshold ambient light level, a second usage event associated with the first object, wherein the second usage event is different than the usage event.