Systems and methods for user control of electronic chairs

A vending massage chair, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to implement a method for user control of a vending massage chair, wherein the programming instructions comprise instructions to:
• detect when a mobile communication device is located in proximity to the vending massage chair;
• trigger a relinquishment of operational control of the vending massage chair to the mobile communication device, in response to a detection that the mobile communication device is proximate to the vending massage chair;
• receive, subsequent to said triggering, a wireless signal that was transmitted from the mobile communication device;
• perform operations to relinquish control of at least one massage chair operation other than a therapeutic service operation and a media service operation to the mobile communication device in response to a reception of the wireless signal;
• cause performance of the at least one massage chair operation by the vending massage chair, in response to a wireless command issued by the mobile communication device subsequent to a relinquishment of control of the at least one massage chair operation;
• detect an emotional state of a user of the mobile communication device based on machine learned patterns of user-software interactions therewith indicating respective emotional states with degrees of likelihoods or probabilities;
• select at least one auxiliary output device of a plurality of auxiliary output devices based on the emotional state of the user that was detected, the plurality of auxiliary output devices being remote from the mobile communication device and configured to facilitate acoustic and visual enhancements to an environment surrounding the vending massage chair;
• and
• enable, disable or cause an operational mode change of the at least one auxiliary output device which was selected.