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OwnerJohn Walley, Arya Behzad +4inventors
InventorsJohn Walley, Arya Behzad, Mark Buer, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Alexander MacInnis, Thomas Quigley
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Methods and systems for environment configuration by a device based on auto-discovery of local devices and generating preference information for those resources are disclosed and may include discovering available devices utilizing a wireless mobile communication device (WMCD). Wireless communication may be established with one or more of the available devices utilizing the WMCD, which may then configure the resources according to a user's preferences or a plurality of user preferences. The user preferences may be stored internal or external to the WMCD, and may be modified based on subsequent changes to the configuring of the resources. The WMCD may communicate with the resources utilizing one or more of a plurality of wireless protocols, which may include cellular, WLAN, near-field communication, Bluetooth, and radio frequency identification. The WMCD may auto-discover as well as determine and authenticate access privileges for the resources, which may include devices for adjusting a user's local environment.
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A method for controlling a device, the method comprising:
The method according to claim 1, comprising storing said user preferences internal to said wireless mobile communication device.
The method according to claim 1, comprising storing said user preferences external to said wireless mobile communication device.
The method according to claim 1, comprising modifying said user preferences based on subsequent changes to said configuring of said one or more of said available devices.
The method according to claim 1, wherein said wireless mobile communication device communicates with said one or more of said available devices utilizing one or more of a plurality of wireless protocols.
The method according to claim 5, wherein said wireless protocols comprise cellular, WLAN, near-field communication, Bluetooth, and radio frequency identification.
The method according to claim 1, comprising auto-discovering said available devices.
The method according to claim 1, wherein said available devices comprise devices that enable adjustment of a local environment of said user.
The method according to claim 1, comprising determining whether said user possesses access privileges for said one or more devices.
The method according to claim 1, comprising authenticating said user of said wireless mobile communication device.
A system for controlling a device, the system comprising:
A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for device control, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.