# US 9,883,020 B2 · Customized method and apparatus for controlling electric appliance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,883,020 B2 - Document ID: US9883020B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/320,246 - Filed: 2014-08-25 - Published: 2017-06-08 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-20 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: An Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9883020B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04L 12/2809: {indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51)} - H04L 12/2829: {involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered} - H04M 1/72457: according to geographic location - H04W 8/183: {Processing at user equipment or user record carrier} - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method and apparatus for controlling an electric appliance in a personalized way are disclosed, which relates to the technical field of communications and is used to solve problem of poor user experience of various appliances in a home or office environment in the existing technology. The method includes: detecting whether a wireless signal carrying SIM card information exists in a preset range; in a case that the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists, determining a user identity of an SIM card according to the SIM card information; and correspondingly controlling the electric appliance according to the user identity. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for controlling an electric appliance in a personalized way, comprising: detecting whether a wireless signal carrying Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, card information exists in a preset range; in a case that the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists, determining a user identity of an SIM card according to the SIM card information; and controlling an electric appliance according to the determined user identity; wherein, the step of correspondingly controlling the electric appliance according to the determined user identity comprises: determining whether the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has been stored in a local user registration form; in a case that the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has been stored in the local user registration form, looking up an electric appliance setting requirement corresponding to the user identity in the user registration form; and controlling a corresponding electric appliance according to the electric appliance setting requirement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, the step of detecting whether a wireless signal carrying SIM card information exists in a preset range comprises: detecting whether the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists in the preset range by communicating with a base station of a cell; or when a user makes or answers calls, detecting whether the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists in the preset range by detecting a communication message transmitted in a wireless channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, the step of in a case that the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists, determining a user identity of an SIM card according to the SIM card information comprises: determining different user identities corresponding to different SIM cards according to an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI, of the SIM card. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, after determining whether the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has been stored in a local user registration form, further comprising: in a case that the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has not been stored in the local user registration form, prompting an user of the SIM card whether it is required to make a registration in the user registration form. ### Claim 5 An apparatus for controlling an electric appliance in a personalized way, comprising hardware performing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in following units: a detection unit, arranged to detect whether a wireless signal carrying subscriber identity module, SIM, card information exists in a preset range; a determination unit, arranged to, in a case that the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists, determine a user identity of an SIM card according to the SIM card information; and a control unit, arranged to control an electric appliance according to the user identity; wherein, the control unit is arranged to: determine whether the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has been stored in a local user registration form; in a case that the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has been stored in the local user registration form, look up an electric appliance setting requirement corresponding to the user identity in the user registration form; and control a corresponding electric appliance according to the electric appliance setting requirement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, the detection unit is arranged to: detect whether the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists in the preset range by communicating with a base station of a cell; or when a user makes or answers calls, detect whether the wireless signal carrying the SIM card information exists in the preset range by detecting a communication message transmitted in a wireless channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, the determination unit is arranged to determine different user identities corresponding to different SIM cards according to an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI, of the SIM card. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, the control unit is further arranged to: in a case that the user identity corresponding to the SIM card has not been stored in the local user registration form, prompt a user of the SIM card whether it is required to make a registration in the user registration form. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable medium, carrying computer program, wherein the computer program comprising program instructions, wherein, when the program instruction are executed by an SIM card identification device, the SIM card identification device executes the method according to claim 1.