Automatically managing the environment of a physical zone
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBarry A. Feigenbaum, Sueann Nichols, Holly H. Nielsen, Elizabeth V. Woodward
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time. Position coordinates are received from a plurality of entities. It is determined which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic. Environmental preferences are accessed for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame. The environmental characteristic of the physical zone is adjusted for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities.
Claims24
A method for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time, the method comprising:
- receiving position coordinates from a plurality of entities;
- determining by a computer processor with non-transitory storage memory which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic;
- accessing environmental preferences for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame;
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- adjusting the environmental characteristic of the physical zone for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities;
- wherein multiple position coordinates are received from each of the entities over time;
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- wherein determining which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over the time frame further comprises extrapolating a speed and direction for the entities.
A system for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time, the system comprising:
- a computer with non-transitory storage memory and 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;
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- adjust the environmental characteristic of the physical zone for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities;
- wherein determining which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over the time frame further comprises extrapolating a speed and direction for the entities.
A computer program product embodied in non-transitory storage memory comprising:
- computer readable program codes coupled to the non-transitory storage memory 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;
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- adjust the environmental characteristic of the physical zone for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities;
- wherein the computer readable program code to determine which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over the time frame further comprises computer readable program code to extrapolate a speed and direction for the entities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.