Automatically managing the environment of a physical zone

A system for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time, the system comprising:

• a computer including a processor, the computer configured to:
• receive position coordinates from a plurality of entities;
• determine which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic;
• access environmental preferences for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame;
• and
• adjust the environmental characteristic of the physical zone for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities.

A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:

• computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media to automatically manage an environment for a physical zone over a period of time, the computer readable program codes configured to cause the program to:
• receive position coordinates from a plurality of entities;
• determine which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic;
• access environmental preferences for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame;
• and
• adjust the environmental characteristic of the physical zone for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities.