System and method for automated personalization of an environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10554780-B2
Application number	US-201715442567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2017
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

An electronic device configured to control an environment includes a communication unit and a processor. The communication unit is configured to communicate with a server, at least one user device, and at least one connected device. The processor is operatively coupled to the communication unit and configured to receive identification information from the at least one user device, receive a user profile corresponding to the identification information of the at least one user device from the server, the user profile including at least one user preference, and control the at least one connected device to control the environment based on the user profile.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device configured to control an environment, the electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit configured to communicate with a server, at least one user device, and at least one connected device; and
a processor operatively coupled to the communication circuit, the processor is configured to:
receive identification information from the at least one user device,
retrieve, a user profile corresponding to the identification information of the at least one user device from the server, the user profile including at least one user preference, the user profile being included in at least one of a plurality of categories,
wherein the plurality of categories comprises at least one of a private category or a public category, and

control the at least one connected device to adjust the environment based on the user profile and the categorization of the user profile.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one user device includes a plurality of user devices and the processor is configured to:
receive a plurality of identification information corresponding to the plurality of user devices; and
retrieve a plurality of user profiles corresponding to the plurality of user devices.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising a combined preferences engine configured to combine user preferences from the plurality of user profiles, wherein the processor is configured to control the at least one connected device based on the combined user preferences, wherein the combined user preferences includes an average value or a majority value based on a plurality of user preferences.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a position of each user device among the plurality of user devices based on location information from the plurality of user devices.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the location information includes a distance between the user device and at least three beacons in the environment.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the location information includes global positioning coordinates of each user device.

7. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor controls the at least one connected device based on the position of each user device and the corresponding user profile.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the environment is an automobile and the at least one user preferences includes at least one of a temperature setting, a steering wheel setting, a radio setting, or a seat setting.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the environment is a room and the at least one user preferences includes at least one of a temperature setting, a window shade setting, a television setting, or a light setting.

10. A method for controlling an environment using an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, at the electronic device, identification information from at least one user device;
retrieving, at the electronic device, a user profile corresponding to the identification information of the at least one user device from a server, the user profile including at least one user preference, the user profile being included in at least one of a plurality of categories,
wherein the plurality of categories comprises at least one of a private category or a public category; and

controlling at least one connected device to adjust the environment based on the user profile and the categorization of the user profile.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one user device includes a plurality of user devices and the method comprises:
receiving a plurality of identification information corresponding to the plurality of user devices; and
receiving a plurality of user profiles corresponding to the plurality of user devices.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:
combining user preferences from the plurality of user profiles; and
controlling the at least one connected device based on the combined user preferences, wherein the combined user preferences includes an average value or a majority value based on a plurality of user preferences.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising determining a position of each user device among the plurality of user devices based on location information from the plurality of user devices.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the location information includes a distance between the user device and at least three beacons in the environment.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the location information includes global positioning coordinates of each user device.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising controlling the at least one connected device based on the position of each user device and the corresponding user profile.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor, are configured to cause the processor to:
receive, at an electronic device, identification information from at least one user device;
retrieve, at the electronic device, a user profile corresponding to the identification information of the at least one user device from a server, the user profile including at least one user preference, the user profile being included in at least one of a plurality of categories,
wherein the plurality of categories comprises at least one of a private category or a public category; and

control at least one connected device to adjust an environment based on the user profile and the categorization of the user profile.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the at least one user device includes a plurality of user devices and the plurality of instructions is further configured to cause the processor to:
receive a plurality of identification information corresponding to the plurality of user devices; and
receive a plurality of user profiles corresponding to the plurality of user devices.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of instructions is further configured to cause the processor to:
combine user preferences from the plurality of user profiles; and
control the at least one connected device based on the combined user preferences, wherein the combined user preferences includes an average value or a majority value based on a plurality of user preferences.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of instructions is further configured to cause the processor to determine a position for each user device among the plurality of user devices based on location information from the plurality of user devices.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ahuja Himani

Classifications

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• H04L12/2829

  involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered · CPC title

• G08C17/02

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G05B2219/2614

  HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control · CPC title

• G05B2219/2642

  Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house · CPC title