Patent ID: 7868734
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: F24F,G05D,G08B

Abstract:
1. A security and energy control method comprising the steps of: (a) determining if an object having an identification (ID) code associated therewith is either present at or absent from a predetermined location within a room; (b) if the object is present at the predetermined location in the room for less than a first duration, causing the ID code to be communicated to a computer located remotely along with an indication that the object is present at the predetermined location and causing power to be provided to an energy consumption device; (c) if the object is absent from the predetermined location in the room for less than a second duration, causing an indication that the object is not present at the predetermined location to be communicated to the computer and causing power to be withheld from the energy consumption device; (d) if the object is absent from the predetermined location in the room for more than the second duration, detecting for motion in the room; and (e) if motion is detected in step (d), causing an indication that motion has been detected to be communicated to the computer after delaying a third duration.