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User identification and location determination in control applications

  • US 9,204,291 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2013
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing individualized control, the system comprising:

  • (a) one or more RF beacons configured for periodically broadcasting a control processor ID and a beacon ID, wherein each of the one or more RF beacons is further configured for periodically broadcasting an application identifier;

    (b) a portable electronic device identified by a user ID and comprising a first network interface, a display, a memory encoding one or more processor-executable instructions and a processor configured to load the one or more processor-executable instructions when encoded from the memory wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause acts to be performed comprising;

    (i) receiving from at least one of the one or more RF beacons, the control processor ID and the beacon ID of each RF beacon via the first network interface of the portable electronic device,(ii) estimating a distance to at least one of the one or more RF beacons according to a detected signal strength of the RF beacon,(iii) determining a location of the portable electronic device based on the distance to at least one of the one or more RF beacons,(iv) establishing communication with a control processor corresponding to the control processor ID,(v) transmitting the location of the portable electronic device and the user ID to the control processor,(vi) receiving the application identifier from at least one of the one or more RF beacons, and(vii) opening a control application on the portable electronic device corresponding to the application identifier; and

    (c) a control processor comprising a network interface, a memory encoding one or more processor-executable instructions and a processor configured to load the one or more processor-executable instructions when encoded from the memory wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause acts to be performed comprising(i) receiving the location of the portable electronic device and the user ID, and(ii) executing a default control action according to the location and the user ID.

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