User preference and user hierarchy in an electroencephalography based control system

A system, comprising:

• a first processor coupled to or in communication with a controllable device to selectively provide a premises related service in a premises;
• a receiver coupled to the first processor;
• a first memory, accessible to the first processor;
• a hierarchy of different privilege levels stored in the first memory in association with different user device identifiers;
• each privilege level granting permission to utilize one or more control operations among a plurality of control operations relative to the controllable device;
• and
• a user device comprising:
• an electroencephalography (EEG) device configured to be positioned on a head of a user, wherein the EEG device includes one or more electrodes configured to detect EEG signals from the brain of the user;
• circuitry coupled to the one or more electrodes configured to process the EEG signals detected via the one or more electrodes of the EEG device;
• a transmitter compatible with the receiver;
• a second processor coupled to the transmitter and coupled to or in communication with the circuitry;
• a second memory accessible by the processor storing an identifier of the user device and program instructions for the second processor, execution the program instructions configuring the second processor of the user device to:
• generate a control data signal based on the detected EEG signals, wherein the control data signal corresponds to a control operation among a plurality of control operations to control the controllable device;
• and
• transmit, via the transmitter, the control data signal and the identifier of the user device to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to implement functions to:
• receive the control data signal and the identifier of the user device via the receiver:
• determine a privilege level of the stored hierarchy applicable to the user based on the received identifier of the user device;
• and
• control the controllable device based on whether or not the determined privilege level grants permission to utilize the corresponding control operation.

A system comprising:

• a processor coupled to or in communication with a controllable device to selectively provide a premises related service a premises;
• a receiver coupled to the processor;
• a memory accessible to the processor, wherein the memory stores a hierarchy of different privilege levels in association with different user device identifiers and each level having permission to one or more control operations among a plurality of control operations to control the controllable device;
• a first user device, comprising:
• a first electroencephalography (EEG) device configured to be positioned on a head of a first user, wherein the first EEG device includes one or more electrodes configured to detect EEG signals from the brain of a first user;
• a first circuitry coupled to the one or more electrodes configured to process the EEG signals detected via the one or more electrodes of the first EEG device;
• a first transmitter compatible with the receiver;
• a first processor coupled to the first transmitter and coupled to or in communication with the first circuitry;
• a first memory accessible by the first processor storing an identifier of the first user device and program instructions such that execution the program instructions configures the first processor of the first user device to:
• generate a first control data signal based on the detected EEG signals;
• wherein the first control data signal corresponds to a first control operation among a plurality of control operations to control the controllable device;
• and
• transmit, via the transmitter, the first control data signal and the identifier of the first user device to the processor,
• a second user device, comprising:
• a second electroencephalography (EEG) device configured to be positioned on a head of a second user, wherein the second EEG device includes one or more electrodes configured to detect EEG signals from the brain of a second user;
• a second circuitry coupled to the one or more electrodes configured to process the EEG signals detected via the one or more electrodes of the second EEG device;
• a second transmitter compatible with the receiver;
• a second processor coupled to the second transmitter and coupled to or in communication with the second circuitry;
• a second memory accessible by the second processor storing an identifier of the second user device and program instructions such that execution the program instructions configures the second processor of the second user device to:
• generate a second control data signal based on the detected EEG signals;
• wherein the second control data signal corresponds to a second control operation among the plurality of control operations to control the device, wherein the second control operation is different from the control operation;
• and
• transmit, via the second transmitter, the second control data signal and the identifier of the second user device to the processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to access the memory to execute program instructions stored in the memory such that execution of the program instructions configures the processor to:
• receive the first control data signal including the identifier of the first user device and the second control data signal including the identifier of the second user device via the receiver;
• determine a privilege level of the stored hierarchy applicable to the first user based on the received identifier of the first user device and a privilege level of the stored hierarchy applicable to the second user based on the received identifier of the second user device;
• compare the privilege level of the second user with the privilege level of the first user;
• and
• implement a selected one of the first control operation or the second control operation relative to the control of the controllable device based on a result of the comparison.

A method comprising:

• detecting EEG signals from an EEG device at a respective time among a plurality of times during a configuration phase and in a respective premises among a plurality of premises;
• obtaining an identification (ID) associated with the premises at the respective time.
• determining a control instruction associated with the EEG signals detected from among a plurality of control instructions;
• storing, in a memory, the determined control instruction in association with the obtained premises ID, as a user preference data relative to the respective premises for a user of the EEG device, for communication to a controllable device at the respective location at a later time during an operational phase based at least in part on similar EEG signals detected via the one or more electrodes of the EEG device and receiving the premises ID at the later time;
• and
• at a later time, during the operational phase at the respective location, utilizing the stored user preference data to communicate a control data signal corresponding to the determined control instruction to a controllable device at the respective premises based at least in part on similar EEG signals detected at the later time via the one or more electrodes of the EEG device and reception of the premises ID at the respective premises.

A method comprising:

• receiving a control data signal among the plurality of control data signals and identifier (user ID) of a user device;
• determining a privilege level of a user of the user device based on a hierarchy, wherein the hierarchy comprises different privilege levels stored in a memory in association with different user device identifiers (user IDs) and each privilege level granting permission to utilize one or more control operations among a plurality of control operations corresponding relative to the controllable device;
• determining whether the privilege level controlling the device based on the determined privilege level grants permission to utilize the control operation corresponding to the control data signal;
• and
• controlling the controllable device based on whether or not the determined privilege level grants permission to utilize the corresponding control operation.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first control data signal including an identifier (user ID) of a first user device identifying a first user and a second control data signal including the user ID of a second user device identifying a second user;
• determining a privilege level of a stored hierarchy applicable to the first user based on the received user ID of the first user device and a privilege level of the stored hierarchy applicable to the second user based on the received user ID of the second user device such that the stored hierarchy includes hierarchy of different privilege levels stored in a memory in association with different user IDs and each privilege level granting permission to utilize one or more control operations among a plurality of control operations relative to control a controllable device;
• comparing the privilege level of the second user with the privilege level of the first user;
• and
• implementing a selected one of a first control operation among the plurality of control operations corresponding to the first control data signal or a second control operation among the plurality of control operations corresponding to the second control data signal relative to the control of the controllable device based on a result of the comparison.