Patent ID: 9721411
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G07C

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a presence and motion detector that is associated with an electronic device, first data from a mobile computing device; based on the first data, determining, by the presence and motion detector, that the mobile computing device is located proximate to the presence and motion detector; in response to determining that the mobile computing device is located proximate to the presence and motion detector, transmitting, to the mobile computing device, an instruction to display (i) a representation of an action that is controllable by changing position or orientation of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector and while the mobile computing device is located proximate to the presence and motion detector, (ii) a representation of a particular change in position or orientation of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector while the mobile computing device is located proximate to the presence and motion detector to perform the action, and (iii) a representation of the changed position or orientation of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector; receiving, by the presence and motion detector, second data from the mobile computing device; based on the second data, determining, by the presence and motion detector, that the mobile computing device has changed position or orientation with respect to the presence and motion detector; determining that the change in position or origination of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector corresponds to the particular change in position or orientation of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector; and in response to determining, by the presence and motion detector, that (i) the mobile computing device is located proximate to the presence and motion detector, and (ii) the change in position or orientation of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector corresponds to the particular change in position or orientation of the mobile computing device with respect to the presence and motion detector, transmitting an indication of the action to be performed by the electronic device.