Environment controller and method for controlling an environmental characteristic in an area based on concurrent BLE requests

A method for controlling an environmental characteristic in an area based on concurrent short range wireless interactions, the method comprising:

• receiving by a processing unit of an environment controller via at least one communication interface of the environment controller a plurality of concurrent environmental characteristic target values originating from a plurality of short range wireless enabled user devices, the plurality of concurrent environmental characteristic target values being forwarded from the plurality of short range wireless enabled user devices to the environment controller via one or more short range wireless enabled proxy device;
• applying by the processing unit of the environment controller an algorithm to generate one or more command for controlling at least one controlled appliance based on the plurality of concurrent environmental characteristic target values;
• and
• transmitting by the processing unit of the environment controller the one or more command to the at least one controlled appliance via the at least one communication interface of the environment controller.

A non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions executable by a processing unit of an environment controller, the execution of the instructions by the processing unit of the environment controller providing for controlling an environmental characteristic in an area based on concurrent short range wireless interactions by:

• receiving by the processing unit of the environment controller via at least one communication interface of the environment controller a plurality of concurrent environmental characteristic target values originating from a plurality of short range wireless enabled user devices, the plurality of concurrent environmental characteristic target values being forwarded from the plurality of short range wireless enabled user devices to the environment controller via one or more short range wireless enabled proxy device;
• applying by the processing unit of the environment controller an algorithm to generate one or more command for controlling at least one controlled appliance based on the plurality of concurrent environmental characteristic target values;
• and
• transmitting by the processing unit of the environment controller the one or more command to the at least one controlled appliance via the at least one communication interface of the environment controller.