# US 12,015,670 B2 · Using in-home location awareness > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,670 B2 - Document ID: US12015670B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/101,382 - Filed: 2023-01-25 - Published: 2023-05-25 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-12 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Brent M. Ledvina; Kevin P. McLaughlin; David R. Stites; Jahshan A. Bhatti; Kevin Duffy; Robert William Mayor - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015670B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - G01S 5/013: {Identifying areas in a building} - G01S 11/06: using intensity measurements - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - H04L 12/2809: {indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51)} - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - G08C 2201/20: Binding and programming of remote control devices - G08C 2201/34: Context aware guidance - G08C 2201/91: Remote control based on location and proximity - G08C 2201/92: Universal remote control - G08C 2201/93: Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop - H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless} - H04L 2012/285: {Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators} - H04Q 2209/40: using a wireless architecture - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Techniques for suggesting accessory devices controlled by an application executing on a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes measuring one or more sensor values using one or more sensors of a mobile device and the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a first one or more accessory devices. An area of a physical space for the first one or more accessory devices can be determined based on the one or more sensor values. A second one or more accessory devices associated with the same area as the first one or more accessory devices can be suggested to a user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling one or more accessory devices controlled by an application executing on a mobile device, the method comprising: measuring, by the mobile device, one or more sensor values to determine a data point at each of a plurality of first times, the one or more sensor values measured using one or more sensors of the mobile device, wherein the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by corresponding one or more accessory devices, wherein the sensor values are received from accessory devices in a plurality of different locations; clustering, by the mobile device, data points within a threshold distance of each other to create a plurality of clusters; associating, by the mobile device, a first cluster of the plurality of clusters to a first location of a plurality of locations; associating, by the mobile device, a first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices with the first location based on the one or more signals emitted by the first accessory device for the first cluster; and providing, by the mobile device, a message using the application, the message for controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: after associating the one or more accessory devices with the first location, measuring, using the one or more accessory devices, one or more sensor values to determine a current condition of the first location; and identifying, by the one or more accessory devices, the current condition of the first location, wherein the current condition indicates a spatial position of the first location in a space. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: receiving, by the mobile device, the identified current condition of the first location from the one or more accessory devices in the first location; and wherein the message is provided in accordance with the identified current condition of the first location. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the current condition comprises one from a group consisting of a lighting condition, a weather condition and a temperature condition. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices associated with the first location comprises automatically operating, by the mobile device, the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices associated with the first location comprises automatically operating, by the mobile device, the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices to perform an operation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the first accessory device is automatically operated in accordance with a user profile associated with the first accessory device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the first accessory device is automatically operated based one or more external conditions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the first accessory device is further controlled based on machine learned interactions of a user and the first accessory device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more sensor values are obtained from the one or more sensors comprising a temperature sensor, a weather sensor, and a light sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first location corresponds to one or more rooms. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more signals emitted by the one or more accessory devices comprises signal properties indicative of a distance between the mobile device and a point of origin of the one or more accessory devices. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions executed on a mobile device including one or more processors, the instructions comprising: measuring, by the mobile device, one or more sensor values to determine a data point at each of a plurality of first times, the one or more sensor values measured using one or more sensors of the mobile device, wherein the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by corresponding one or more accessory devices, wherein the sensor values are received from accessory devices in a plurality of different locations; clustering, by the mobile device, data points within a threshold distance of each other to create a plurality of clusters; associating, by the mobile device, a first cluster of the plurality of clusters to a first location of a plurality of locations; associating, by the mobile device, a first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices with the first location based on the one or more signals emitted by the first accessory device for the first cluster; and providing, by the mobile device, a message using an application executing on the mobile device, the message for controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer readable medium according to claim 13, further comprising: after associating the one or more accessory devices with the first location, measuring, using the one or more accessory devices, one or more sensor values to determine a current condition of the first location; and identifying, by the one or more accessory devices, the current condition of the first location, wherein the current condition indicates a spatial position of the first location in a space. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer readable medium according to claim 14, the instructions further comprising: receiving, by the mobile device, the identified current condition of the first location from the one or more accessory devices in the first location; and wherein the message is provided in accordance with the identified current condition of the first location. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices associated with the first location comprises automatically operating, by the mobile device, the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices. ### Claim 17 A mobile device comprising: a database for storing sensor values of a data point; and one or more processors configured to: measure, by the mobile device, one or more sensor values to determine a data point at each of a plurality of first times, the one or more sensor values measured using one or more sensors of the mobile device, wherein the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by corresponding one or more accessory devices, wherein the sensor values are received from accessory devices in a plurality of different locations; cluster, by the mobile device, data points within a threshold distance of each other to create a plurality of clusters; associate, by the mobile device, a first cluster of the plurality of clusters to a first location of a plurality of locations; associate, by the mobile device, a first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices with the first location based on the one or more signals emitted by the first accessory device for the first cluster; and provide, by the mobile device, a message using an application executing on the mobile device, the message for controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The mobile device according to claim 17, further comprising one or more processors configured to: after associating the one or more accessory devices with the first location, measuring, using the one or more accessory devices, one or more sensor values to determine a current condition of the first location; and identifying, by the one or more accessory devices, the current condition of the first location, wherein the current condition indicates a spatial position of the first location in a space. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The mobile device according to claim 18, further comprising one or more processors configured to: receiving, by the mobile device, the identified current condition of the first location from the one or more accessory devices in the first location; and wherein the message is provided in accordance with the identified current condition of the first location. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The mobile device according to claim 17, wherein the controlling the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices associated with the first location comprises automatically operating, by the mobile device, the first accessory device of the one or more accessory devices.