Patent ID: 9578443
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method to automatically control a network device on a home-control network, the method comprising: receiving, at a first network device on the home-control network, message data from a second network device over the home-control network, the first network device configured to change an operation of the first network device, the home-control network configured to propagate messages, the message data from the second network device comprising an indication of a state of the second network device; receiving first sensor data from a first sensor configured to measure a first parameter and second sensor data from a second sensor configured to measure a second parameter; receiving user inputs in response to manual actions of a user to change the operation of the first network device, wherein the user inputs are received independently of the home-control network; storing in memory past user inputs that changed the operation of the first network device; determining, based on the first sensor data, the second sensor data, and the past user inputs, whether a current first parameter is within a first range of the first parameter in which more past user inputs occurred than occurred in other ranges of the first parameter and whether a current second parameter is within a second range of the second parameter in which the more past user inputs occurred than occurred in other ranges of the second parameter; and automatically changing the operation of the first network device with the first network device when the current first parameter is within the first range, the current second parameter is within the second range, and the indication indicates that the state of the second network device is a first state.