Presence-based power management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9547352-B2
Application number	US-24195808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2008
Priority date	Sep 30, 2008
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

The illustrative embodiment describes a system that manages the energy usage of a user's appliance based on: (i) the user's location, and (ii) the user's “presence information.” The “presence information” of a user is defined as a status indicator that includes, but is not limited to: the ability and willingness of a user to communicate and a user's mood. For example, when a user is lonely and at work, the office door should open, but when the user is not lonely and at work, the user's instant messages should be shut off. The illustrative embodiment comprises: an appliance; and an energy-usage controller for de-activating an energy-consuming element of the appliance based on presence information of a user of the appliance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An appliance comprising:
a connection to a telecommunications network;
an energy-consuming element; and
an energy-use controller for performing at least one of: (i) de-activating the energy consuming element and (ii) activating the energy-consuming element, wherein the performing is based on (A) a location of a user relative to the location of the appliance, and (B) a presence information about the user, wherein the presence information comprises a mood…

Assignees

• Gartner Jeffrey G
• Avaya Inc

Inventors

• Gartner Jeffrey G

Classifications

• G06F3/011

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F1/3203 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F1/3231

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2203/011

  Physics · mapped topic

• Y02B60/1289

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic