Patent ID: 9055337
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for personalizing network services for a dwelling, the dwelling having a plurality of rooms and a plurality of network devices, at least one network device being positioned within each one of the plurality of rooms to interface services with occupants of the corresponding room, the system comprising: a plurality of presence detecting devices associated with one or more of the network devices, each presence detecting device being configured to detect presence of occupants within the rooms of the dwelling, the presence detecting device being configured to anonymously and uniquely identify one or more occupants with randomly generated numbers according to wireless signaling emitted from occupant carried wireless devices; at least one personalization device associated with the dwelling, the personalization device being configured to uniquely personalize services according to an identity of one or more occupants identified to be present with the presence detecting devices, each identity being determined by relating the randomly generated numbers to personalization information for registered occupants, the personalization information being unavailable to the presence detecting devices, the personalization device personalizing services for the network devices according to the one or more occupants identified to be present within the corresponding room, thereby providing room-level personalization of services; wherein the presence detecting devices are configured to facilitate uniquely identify the one or more occupants with transmission of an arrival message, the arrival message announcing the room within which the one or more occupants are present and the randomly generated numbers; wherein the presence detecting devices are configured to transmit the arrival message as a part of a POST defined according to Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and carried over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the arrival message being received at a presence and identity services server located remotely from the dwelling, the presence and identity services server interacting with a presence and identity database to determine the personalization information, the presence and identity database storing the personalization information for registered occupants having previously completed a registration process and such that the personalization information is unavailable to the presence detecting devices; wherein the personalization device is configured to personalize services as function of personalization information included in a personalization message, the personalization message being received from a personalization application server located remotely from the dwelling, the personalization application server generating the personalization message according to corresponding information received from the presence and identity services server following the presence and identify services server interacting with the presence and identify database to determine the personalization information; and wherein the personalization device is configured to receive the personalization message as part of a trigPresence message carried over a non-IP network.