Patent ID: 9111221
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06N,G08B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, via a sensor at a performing network device, an environmental data point that characterizes an environmental stimulus, wherein the performing network device is located in a first area of a building; receiving, at the performing network device, one or more other environmental data points from one or more other network devices, wherein: accessing, from a local storage at the performing network device, a rule that relates environmental data inputs to inference outputs, wherein a corresponding rule is also stored at each of the at least one of the one or more other network devices such that each of the at least one of the one or more network devices is enabled to generate an inference output based on environmental data inputs; generating an inference using the rule and a plurality of environmental data points, wherein the plurality of environmental data points includes the environmental data point and the one or more other environmental data points; identifying a notification or device control based on the inference; and generating and transmitting a communication, wherein receipt of the communication causes presentation of the notification or a device operation in accordance with the device control.