HOME OCCUPANCY SIMULATION MODE SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
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1. A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a television receiver, a command to activate a home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of at least one component that is located at a residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver;
selecting, by the television receiver, a particular home occupancy simulation based upon a setting that identifies the particular home automation simulation from among a plurality of home occupancy simulations; and
activating, by the television receiver, the particular home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of the at least one component that is located at the residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver.
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Abstract
Enabling an end-user to configure or customize a home occupancy simulation mode, which is implemented by a home automation system, via one or more user interfaces, some of which might normally be used to access satellite television-related programming and services.
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting, by a television receiver, a command to activate a home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of at least one component that is located at a residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver; selecting, by the television receiver, a particular home occupancy simulation based upon a setting that identifies the particular home automation simulation from among a plurality of home occupancy simulations; and activating, by the television receiver, the particular home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of the at least one component that is located at the residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A television receiver, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory element communicatively coupled with and readable by at least one processor and having stored therein processor-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; detect a command to activate a home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of at least one component that is located at a residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver; select a particular home occupancy simulation based upon a setting that identifies the particular home automation simulation from among a plurality of home occupancy simulations; and activate the particular home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of the at least one component that is located at the residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for activating a home occupancy simulation, comprising:
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receiving, by a television receiver, a command to activate the home occupancy simulation, to control timing of activation and deactivation of at least one component that is located at a residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver, from a mobile device over a network connection based upon user-selection of a particular control object of a mobile application installed to the mobile device; selecting, by the television receiver, a particular home occupancy simulation based upon a setting that identifies the particular home automation simulation from among a plurality of home occupancy simulations; activating, by the television receiver, the particular home occupancy simulation to control timing of activation and deactivation of the at least one component that is located at the residence and that is communicatively coupled to the television receiver; identifying another setting that specifies a particular degree of randomness to be injected into the timing of activation and deactivation of the at least one component; and injecting, based on the another setting, the particular degree of randomness into the timing of activation and deactivation of the at least one component. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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