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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alice Guidotti, Rome, IT;
Francesco Lecciso, Rome, IT;
Leonardo Rosati, Rome, IT;
Paolo Salerno, Monterotondo, IT;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment directed to a method for providing a specified state at a premises to which a user travels. Comprises determining a time of operation needed by a device located at the premises to provide the specified state, after device activation. One or more positions of the user are detected when the user is within a boundary, the boundary being determined in part by the time of operation. Detected user positions are used to determine a time of arrival of the user at the premises. A time to activate the device is computed from the arrival time and time of operation, collectively, wherein activating the device at the computed time causes the specified state to be provided at a time that coincides with arrival of the user at the premises.