System and methods for home appliance identification and control in a networked environment
First Claim
1. A method for providing user specified data to a portable device within an environment, the method comprising;
- providing a plurality of user locatable signal generating devices within the environment;
associating each user locatable signal generating devices with user specified data in a database accessible to the portable device;
receiving a signal from a one of the plurality of user locatable signal generating devices located within the environment by the portable device when the portable device is within an operative proximity to the one of the plurality of signal generating devices;
matching data in the signal received by the portable device to user specified data in the database; and
providing the matched user specified data to the portable device.
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Abstract
A home control and automation system and method. The system generally includes one or more wireless remote controls, a plurality of appliances (including network enabled appliances and traditional legacy appliances in the exemplary system), associated control centric devices, and associated content centric devices. Various methods for control and operation of appliances in the networked home control and automation environment are disclosed. Specifically, methods are disclosed which enable advanced home control features such as location based control setup and operation, network enabled legacy appliances and system integration, save and recall capabilities for appliance and media states, generic command based appliance controls, dynamic/complex macro command generation, and Internet based control capabilities from remote locations are disclosed in conjunction with the system of the current invention.
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7 Claims
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1. A method for providing user specified data to a portable device within an environment, the method comprising;
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providing a plurality of user locatable signal generating devices within the environment;
associating each user locatable signal generating devices with user specified data in a database accessible to the portable device;
receiving a signal from a one of the plurality of user locatable signal generating devices located within the environment by the portable device when the portable device is within an operative proximity to the one of the plurality of signal generating devices;
matching data in the signal received by the portable device to user specified data in the database; and
providing the matched user specified data to the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing user specified data to a portable device within an environment, the method comprising;
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providing a plurality of user locatable RFID tags within the environment;
associating each user locatable RFID tag with user specified data in a database accessible to the portable device;
reading data from an RFID tag located within the environment by the portable device when the portable device is within an operative proximity to the RFID tag; and
matching the RFID data read by the portable device to the database containing user specified data in order to provide the user specified data to the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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