Personalizing the learning home multi-device controller

A hub device that communicatively connects a plurality of receiving devices in a communication network, comprising:

• an infrared transmitter;
• a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
• receive an audio signal from at least two receiving devices in the communication network, the at least two receiving devices receiving an initiation of the audio signal from a same source, the audio signal comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising audio that is not associated with a command, and the second portion comprising the command associated with operating one or more devices of the plurality of receiving devices in the communication network;
• instruct a microphone in the plurality of receiving devices in the communication network to activate and accept the audio signal;
• instruct the microphone in the plurality of receiving devices to store a remaining audio signal from the same source;
• receive a high frequency signal from the microphone in the plurality of receiving devices;
• compare the high frequency signal with stored high frequency signals, the stored high frequency signals including a first high frequency signal corresponding with a first receiving device of the plurality of receiving devices in the communication network;
• determine that the received high frequency signal corresponds with the first receiving device of the plurality of receiving devices in the communication network based at least in part on the comparison;
• determine location information of the first receiving device, the location information stored with a data store to identify a location of the first receiving device;
• determine a proximate device associated with the command based on the location information and temporal or usage patterns associated with the proximate device;
• and
• transmit the command to the proximate device in the communication network that corresponds with the location information and the temporal or usage patterns.