Load control system responsive to location of an occupant and mobile devices

A method to control the operation of one or more electrical load devices, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a control circuit from a mobile device, one or more signals via a first wireless network using a first network communication protocol, the one or more signals including:
• biometric data associated with a user of the mobile device, the biometric data acquired by one or more sensors carried by the mobile device;
• data representative of a personal identifier associated with the user of the mobile device;
• data representative of respective ones of a plurality of unique identifiers, each of the plurality of unique identifiers associated with a respective one of a corresponding plurality of beacon transmitting devices;
• and
• data representative of a signal strength for each of a plurality of beacon signals received at the mobile device, each of the plurality of beacon signals including a respective one of the plurality of unique identifiers;
• determining, by the control circuit, a physical location of the mobile device in a space using the received unique identifier data and the received signal strength data;
• receiving, by the control circuit from an electric load control device in the space a signal indicative of a user input to the electric load control device, the signal received via a second wireless network different than the first wireless network;
• and
• responsive to the receipt of both the signal indicative of the user input to the electric load control device in the space and the determination that the mobile device is located in the space:
• retrieving, by the control circuit from operatively coupled memory circuitry, one or more personal preference criteria associated with the received personal identifier;
• identifying, by the control circuit, a plurality of scenes based on a relationship between:
• the determined physical location of the mobile device, the retrieved one or more personal preference criteria associated with the received personal identifier, and the received biometric data, each of the plurality of scenes including an instruction set that includes one or more instructions for each of one or more electrical load devices included in the respective scene;
• communicating, by the control circuit to the mobile device, via the first wireless network, information representative of each of the plurality of scenes;
• receiving, by the control circuit from the mobile device, via the first wireless network, a user input that includes a scene selection;
• and
• communicating, by the control circuit via the second wireless network, the one or more instructions to each of the plurality of electrical load devices included in the selected scene responsive to receipt of the scene selection.

A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by an electrical load control circuit, cause the control circuit to:

• receive, from a mobile device via a communications interface circuit, one or more signals via a first wireless network using a first network communication protocol, the one or more signals including:
• biometric data associated with a user of the mobile device, the biometric data acquired by one or more sensors carried by the mobile device;
• data representative of a personal identifier associated with the user of the mobile device;
• data representative of respective ones of a plurality of unique identifiers, each of the plurality of unique identifiers associated with a respective one of a corresponding plurality of beacon transmitting devices;
• and
• data representative of a signal strength for each of a plurality of beacon signals received at the mobile device, each of the plurality of beacon signals including a respective one of the plurality of unique identifiers;
• determine a physical location of the mobile device in a space using the received unique identifier data and the received signal strength data;
• receive, from the electric load control device in the space a signal indicative of a user input to the electric load control device, the signal received via a second wireless network different than the first wireless network;
• and
• responsive to the receipt of both the signal indicative of the user input to the electric load control device in the space and the determination that the mobile device is in the space:
• retrieve, from memory circuitry, one or more personal preference criteria associated with the received personal identifier;
• identify a plurality of scenes based on a relationship between:
• the determined physical location of the mobile device, the retrieved one or more personal preference criteria associated with the received personal identifier, and the received biometric data, each of the plurality of scenes including an instruction set that includes one or more instructions for each of a plurality of electrical load devices in the space and included in the respective scene;
• communicate, to the mobile device via the communications interface circuit, via the first wireless network, information representative of each of the plurality of scenes;
• receive, from the mobile device, via the first wireless network, a user input that includes a scene selection;
• communicating, by the control circuit via the second wireless network, the one or more instructions to each of the plurality of electrical load devices included in the selected scene responsive to receipt of the scene selection.