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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2004
Anthony Richard Hagale, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Ernest Kelley, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan Rozich, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony Richard Hagale, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Ernest Kelley, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan Rozich, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Smart furniture is provided that automatically adjusts to a person's preferences based on an identification of the person. A person may be equipped with an identification device, such as a radio frequency identification device. The smart furniture may include a reader for the identification device to identify a person using the piece of furniture. The smart furniture may also include storage in which settings profiles of users are stored. The smart furniture may then receive a profile that matches the person using the furniture and set adjustable features according to the profile. Settings profiles may be uploaded to or downloaded from a remote storage using a wireless communications interface, such as a wireless network interface.