US 2019/0174397 A1 · Systems and Methods for Mediating Representations Allowing Control of Devices Located in an Environment Having Broadcasting Devices

Abstract

System and methods are provided to create representations of geographic areas. Such representations enable users to search for items and services of interest and to quickly locate and utilize such items and services. Representations are created using user preferences thus reducing the amount of information presented to a user, i.e., user preferences control the contents of a representation. Control APIs contained within a representation may be used to control devices represented in a representation or to manufacture them using 3-D printing technologies. Methods to learn user preferences via his movements and other actions and impose a user's preferences upon an environment are shown. Some details of the invention are described by applying the invention to problems in retail marketing and figures depicting an implementation illustrate certain aspects of the invention.

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Dependent claims

A method of generating a representation of an environment in which a triggered device receives signals from a Broadcasting Device (BD), comprising:

receiving over one or more communication networks one or more environmental data sets (EDSs), at least one of the EDSs including information relating to the environment, at least one of the EDSs being obtained from a triggered device located in the environment, the triggered device receiving signals from at least one Internet Connected Device (ICD) that is associated with the environment and which delivers a service, the triggered device including a mobile communication device;
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generating a first representation of the environment, the first representation including at least some of the information included in the one or more EDSs, the first representation further including a representation of the Internet Connected Device (ICD), the ICD being controllable using a device upon which the representation is rendered.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and Methods for Mediating Representations Allowing Control of Devices Located in an Environment Having Broadcasting Devices

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Systems and Methods for Mediating Representations Allowing Control of Devices Located in an Environment Having Broadcasting Devices

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Abstract

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