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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Jason Shih Shen Chein, Bellevue, WA (US);
Peter Thomas Killalea, Seattle, WA (US);
Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);
Brent Russell Smith, Redmond, WA (US);
Walter Manching Tseng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a computing device may receive an indication that a first user and a second user are located in a zone of an interior space or other surrounding environment. Settings of one or more controllable devices may be controlled based on user profiles including implicit or explicit user preferences, such as for controlling lighting, ambient temperature, entertainment, security, etc., in the zone. When there is conflict between the user preferences, the conflict may be resolved, such as by determining a hierarchy between the users, by averaging the preferred settings, or based on other techniques. Further, a portable computing device may be associated with a user and may provide sensor information. The sensor information may include biometric sensor information that is indicative of a bodily condition of the user and that can be used for determining a context of the user or the zone.