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Presence-based power management

  • US 9,547,352 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2008
  • Issued: 01/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An appliance comprising:

  • a connection to a telecommunications network;

    an energy-consuming element; and

    an energy-use controller for performing at least one of;

    (i) de-activating the energy consuming element and (ii) activating the energy-consuming element, wherein the performing is based on (A) a location of a user relative to the location of the appliance, and (B) a presence information about the user, wherein the presence information comprises a mood of the user and further comprises at least one of a willingness of the user to accept a telecommunications message from the telecommunications network, and an ability of the user to accept the telecommunications message via a specific mode of communication.

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