Patent ID: 8498749

Claim:
A method of managing a site in a mobile environment, comprising: providing a web-based control selector within a hosted web application accessible using a computer and a mobile device, wherein the hosted web application is stored using a server; providing a mobile-based control selector within a user interface of the mobile device, the web-based control selector and the mobile-based control selector in communication with a detection module in order to manage at least one network device at a site; allowing each of the web-based and mobile-based control selectors to be toggled between an enabled setting and a disabled setting; enabling the detection module in response to the enabled setting of at least one of the web-based control selector and the mobile-based control selector; determining a location of the mobile device using the enabled detection module; altering an operating condition of the at least one network device using the enabled detection module, wherein the altering of the operating condition is initiated based on the location of the mobile device; disabling the detection module in response to the disabled setting of the control selector.