Patent ID: 8638222

Claim:
A portable device, comprising: a positioning unit configured to indicate a location of the portable device; an integrated display configured to display a graphical map that illustrates a layout of an area and respective locations of multiple controllable devices; at least a memory and a processor that implement a companion utility configured to interface the portable device with a selected one of the multiple controllable devices via a wireless network, the companion utility further configured to: define a perimeter of the area based on perimeter boundary inputs to the portable device; receive an edit input to the graphical map to redefine the perimeter of the area effective to create a redefined perimeter of the area that includes at least one of the multiple controllable devices; determine the location of the portable device from the positioning unit; and select the controllable device when the location of the portable device is within the redefined perimeter for input control of the controllable device via the wireless network.