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Patent No.:

US 9602172 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2013

User identification and location determination in control applications

Applicant:

Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Jackson, Valhalla, NY (US);

Fred Bargetzi, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);

Brian Donlan, Edgewater, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);

Attorney:

Crestron Electronics, Inc

Primary Examiner:

Emily C Terrell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G08C 19/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04B 3/00 (2006.01); H04Q 1/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0062 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04M 1/72533 (2013.01); H04W 4/043 (2013.01); G08C 2201/61 (2013.01); H04M 2250/02 (2013.01); H04M 2250/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system in which a portable electronic device communicates with an external device to determine a location. Upon determining its location, the portable electronic device transmits this information as well as identifying information to a control processor. The control processor controls one or more controllable devices according to the location and identifying information. The portable electronic device may determine the location via NFC tag or via one or more RF beacons transmitting information according to the Bluetooth 4.0 protocol.

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