Patent application EP18174440A (EP), filed 2018-05-25
Publication number: EP3410644A1
Title: PRESENCE TRIGGERED NOTIFICATION AND ACTIONS
Abstract: In some embodiments, a resident controller at a specified location performs a method including registering a plurality of mobile devices of a plurality of users and a device profile for a resident device to be controlled based on a location of the plurality of users, and establishing a user state for each of the plurality of users corresponding to their location. In some embodiments, the mobile devices can provide boundary-crossing signals when their location cross a boundary corresponding to the specified location causing the resident controller to update the user states based on the boundary-crossing signals and update a presence state of the specified location based on changes to the user states, where the device profile specifies a first action to be performed when the presence state transitions to a first presence value.
IPC codes: H04L  12/    28            A I
H04W   4/    02            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A system comprising:
number: 2
text: The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums further contain instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
number: 3
text: The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first presence value is that all of the user states indicate presence within the location, the first presence value is that none of the user states indicate presence within the location, or the first presence value is that some of the user states indicate presence within the location.
number: 4
text: The system of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the first action corresponds to:
number: 5
text: A method of controlling devices at a location, the method comprising performing, by a resident controller:
number: 6
text: The method of claim 1 comprising:
number: 7
text: The method of claim 6, further comprising:
number: 8
text: The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the first presence value is that all of the user states indicate presence within the location, the first presence value is that none of the user states indicate presence within the location, or the first presence value is that some of the user states indicate presence within the location.
number: 9
text: The method of claim 6, 7 or 8, wherein the first action corresponds to:
number: 10
text: The method of any of claims 6 to 9, wherein the first action is based at least in part on the first presence value and at least one or more of a time of day, day of week, or an event from a resident device.
number: 11
text: The method of any of claims 6 to 10, further comprising:
number: 12
text: A machine-readable medium including instructions to cause one or more processors to perform the method of any of claims 6 to 11
number: 13
text: The machine-readable medium of claim 12 comprising a non-transitory storage medium.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-05
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: US201514614914A
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severity: background
ref_id: US201514725891A
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ref_id: EP1102500A2
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severity: obviousness
ref_id: EP2330470
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severity: obviousness
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severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2018-12-05)