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Security and environmental control based on virtual reality headset usage

  • US 10,693,672 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2017
  • Issued: 06/23/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a notification to a user of a display in which user awareness of their environment is reduced, comprising:

  • in a system including a hub computing environment and a display, the display being one in which user visual awareness of a surrounding environment is reduced, the display driven by a display computing environment, the hub computing environment being coupled to at least one initiator device, the at least one initiator device being selected from the group consisting of;

    an entry sensor, an alarm sensor, or a network device, transmitting a signal to the hub computing environment as a result of activation of the initiator device; and

    in response to the received signal, determining if a notification should be delivered to the display, the determining based at least in part on the signal and on a user profile; and

    if the determining is such that the notification should be delivered to the display, then displaying the notification on the display.

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