Patent ID: 8588809

Claim:
A method for provisioning a facility, the method comprising: receiving information from a wireless access point communicably coupled to a mobile device; identifying a location of the mobile device based on the information received from the wireless access point; determining, based on the identified location of the mobile device and receiving a first service request from the mobile device, one or more facilities proximate to the mobile device; identifying an availability of the one or more facilities; engaging access to information descriptive of the identified availability of the one or more facilities by the mobile device; receiving, from the mobile device, a second service request for provisioning a facility among the one or more facilities based on the presented information; instructing the facility to generate a signal for a provisioning confirmation; receiving, from the facility, an indication indicating the provisioning confirmation; provisioning the facility based on receiving the indication; receiving, from the mobile device, a third service request for powering off the facility; receiving information descriptive of movement of the mobile device that is generated based on a sensor included in the mobile device; identifying the third service request based on the received information descriptive of movement of the mobile device; and powering off the facility based on the identified third service request.