SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COMPONENTS WITHIN AN OFFICE SPACE

• US 20090273441A1
• Filed: 05/05/2008
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mukherjee, Maharaj
• Application Number:
  US12/115,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20090273441A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.820
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/126 for chairs

Abstract

A method for adjusting the components within an office space includes adjusting to a preferred setting at least one of a plurality of physical features of at least one of a plurality of components for at least one of a plurality of persons; and storing the preferred setting for the at least one person. One of the persons is identified from information about that person (e.g. biometric information), and for the identified person at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components is adjusted to the preferred setting.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting components within an office space, comprising:

adjusting to a preferred setting at least one of a plurality of physical features of at least one of a plurality of the components for at least one of a plurality of persons;

storing the preferred setting for the at least one person;

identifying one of the persons from information about that person; and

for the identified person adjusting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components to the preferred setting,

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying one of the persons comprises identifying one of the persons using biometric information for that person.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting to a preferred setting comprises automatically adjusting to the preferred setting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of automatically adjusting comprises determining a position of at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting for the identified person comprises simultaneously automatically adjusting to the preferred settings a plurality of the physical features of a corresponding plurality of the components.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting to a preferred setting comprises determining a position of at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting for the identified person at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components to the preferred setting comprises automatically adjusting to the preferred setting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

8. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable computer program code for implementing adjusting of components within an office space; and

instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method further including;

adjusting to a preferred setting at least one of a plurality of physical features of at least one of a plurality of the components for at least one of a plurality of persons;

storing the preferred setting for the at least one person;

identifying one of the persons from information, about that person; and

for the identified person adjusting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components to the preferred setting.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the step of identifying one of the persons comprises identifying one of the persons using biometric information for that person.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the step of adjusting to a preferred setting comprises automatically adjusting to the preferred setting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the step of automatically adjusting comprises determining a position of at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the step of adjusting for the identified person comprises simultaneously automatically adjusting to the preferred settings a plurality of the physical features of a corresponding plurality of the components.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the step of adjusting for the identified person at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components to the preferred setting comprises automatically adjusting to the preferred setting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

14. A system for adjusting components within an office space, the system comprising:

a computing network including a processing device in communication with one or more computer memory storage devices, and

the computing network further configured to implement a method for adjusting at least one of a plurality of the components within the office space, the method further including;

adjusting to a preferred setting at least one of a plurality of physical features of at least one of the plurality of the components for at least one of a plurality of persons;

storing the preferred setting for the at least one person;

identifying one of the persons from information about that person; and

for the identified person adjusting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components to the preferred setting.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the step of identifying one of the persons comprises identifying one of the persons using biometric information for that person.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the step of adjusting to a preferred setting comprises automatically adjusting to the preferred setting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the step of automatically adjusting comprises determining a position of at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the step of adjusting for the identified person comprises simultaneously automatically adjusting to the preferred settings a plurality of the physical features of a corresponding plurality of the components.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the step of adjusting to a preferred setting comprises determining a position of at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the step of adjusting for the identified person at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components to the preferred setting comprises automatically adjusting to the preferred setting at least one of the physical features of at least one of the components for at least one of the persons.