IP Library Granted Patent US 9,485,344
Granted Patent B2
US 9,485,344 · App. 14/556,919 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Personalizing interaction with a structure

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Patent No.
US 9,485,344
App. No.
14/556,919
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for personalizing interaction with a structure are described herein. One method includes determining a comfort preference associated with a user of a mobile device corresponding to a particular location with respect to a structure, storing the comfort preference in a memory, and modifying an operation of at least one device in the structure to provide the comfort preference responsive to a distance between the mobile device and the particular location being less than a particular threshold.

Claims (13)

1. A method for personalizing interaction with a structure, comprising:

determining a comfort preference associated with a user of a mobile device corresponding to a particular location with respect to a structure based on at least one user adjustment made to at least one system device of the structure during a user interaction with the at least one system device;

storing the comfort preference in a memory; and

modifying an operation of the at least one system device in the structure to provide the comfort preference responsive to a distance between the mobile device and the particular location being less than a particular threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes allowing a user associated with the mobile device to input the comfort preference into the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes determining the comfort preference based on a time of day.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes determining the comfort preference based on the at least one adjustment made to the at least one device over a particular period of time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes determining the comfort preference corresponding to a particular room of the structure.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the distance between the mobile device and the particular location being less than the particular threshold includes the mobile device being determined to be located in the particular room.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the mobile device and the particular location being less than the particular threshold includes the mobile device being determined to be within a particular distance from the structure.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method includes determining the distance between the mobile device and the particular location using a location functionality associated with the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the distance between the mobile device and the particular location is less than the particular threshold includes determining a distance between the mobile device and at least one location beacon associated with the structure.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes determining, by the mobile device, a status of the provision of the comfort preference.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: ADEMCO INC.
To: RESIDEO LLC
Reel/Frame 071546/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
To: ADEMCO INC.
Reel/Frame 047785/0166 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2018
From: ADEMCO INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 047337/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2014
From: MAHASENAN, ARUN VIJAYAKUMARI; KULKARNI, AMIT; GONIA, PATRICK
To: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 034290/0435 →