Patent ID: 11956838
Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC A  G  H

Claim 19:
20. A method for establishing control of affordances at a workstation, the method comprising the steps of:
storing first user affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of affordance settings for a plurality of affordances that may be associated with a workstation;
associating the first user with the workstation;
detecting movement of a first affordance into a first zone associated with the workstation, upon detecting movement of the first affordance into the first zone:
(i) identifying the first affordance;
(ii) identifying first user settings preferences for a second affordance when the first affordance and the second affordance are used simultaneously at the workstation; and
(iii) automatically controlling settings of the second affordance based on the identified first user setting preferences.