Locational Environmental Control

• US 20170130978A1
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Edwards, Gregory W., Lattanzi, Michael, Missimer, Constance, Pratt, James H.
• Granted Patent: US 10,753,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/58 using Internet communication
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/64 using pre-stored data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/79 for controlling the direction of the supplied air
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/88 Electrical aspects, e.g. circuits
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/20 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

Directional environmental control provides nearly immediate comfort. A location associated with a mobile device determines an air terminal that best serves the location. Conditioned air may thus be streamed from the air terminal to the location associated with the mobile device. The conditioned air may be heated or cooled according to a profile associated with a user of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a location associated with a mobile device;

determining a vector to the location associated with the mobile device; and

generating commands associated with a climate control system according to the vector.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise aiming an air terminal to the vector.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise determining the vector from a terminal location associated with an air terminal to the location associated with the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise querying an electronic database for the location associated with the mobile device, the electronic database having electronic database associations between possible terminal locations associated with different air terminals and different locations including the location associated with the mobile device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a terminal location of the possible terminal locations having an electronic database association with the location associated with the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a pump flow rate having an electronic database association with the location associated with the mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an electrical power having an electronic database association with the location associated with the mobile device.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a location associated with a cellular identifier associated with a mobile device;

querying, by the processor, an electronic database for the location, the electronic database having electronic database associations between possible terminal locations associated with different air terminals and different locations including the location associated with the cellular identifier;

retrieving, by the processor from the electronic database, a terminal location of the possible terminal locations having an electronic database association with the location associated with the cellular identifier;

determining, by the processor, an air flow vector from the terminal location to the location associated with the cellular identifier; and

generating, by the processor, commands associated with a climate control system to output a stream of air according to the air flow vector.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising aiming an air terminal to the air flow vector.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising querying an electronic database for the air flow vector, the electronic database having electronic database associations between possible commands and different air flow vectors including the air flow vector from the terminal location to the location associated with the cellular identifier.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising retrieving the commands of the possible commands having an electronic database association with the air flow vector.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising retrieving a series of air terminals historically associated with the cellular identifier.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising predicting a future location associated with one of the air terminals.

14. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a location associated with a cellular identifier associated with a mobile device;

querying an electronic database for the location, the electronic database having electronic database associations between possible terminal locations associated with different air terminals and different locations including the location associated with the cellular identifier;

retrieving a terminal location of the possible terminal locations having an electronic database association with the location associated with the cellular identifier;

determining an air flow vector from the terminal location to the location associated with the cellular identifier; and

generating commands associated with a climate control system to output a stream of air according to the air flow vector.

15. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a piezoelectric voltage reported by the sound sensor.

16. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise aiming an air terminal to the air flow vector.

17. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise querying an electronic database for the air flow vector, the electronic database having electronic database associations between possible commands and different air flow vectors including the air flow vector from the terminal location to the location associated with the cellular identifier.

18. The memory device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the commands of the possible commands having an electronic database association with the air flow vector.

19. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a series of air terminals historically associated with the cellular identifier.

20. The memory device of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise predicting a future location associated with one of the air terminals.