“In an interesting and somewhat exhaustive patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday, the company outlines technology that can adaptively track a user’s location and use the data to intelligently control secondary devices at another locale, such as home appliances,” Mikey Campbell reports for AppleInsider.
“Many believe home automation is the next tech frontier; a marriage of hardware and software that can make an incredible impact on our daily lives,” Campbell reports. “Already, companies like Nest and Philips are automating tasks with their respective Nest Learning Thermostat and Hue light bulb products.”
“As published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple’s U.S. Patent No. 8,577,392 for a ‘System and method of determining location of wireless communication devices/persons for controlling/adjusting operation of devices based on the location’ describes a system that uses data gathered by static and mobile devices, along with wireless communications tech, to determine a user’s current and guessed future location,” Campbell reports. “Based on these observations, certain preset functions in the home can be activated or deactivated remotely and automatically.”
Read more, and see Apple’s patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
seems pretty contrived just to turn down your thermostat and turn off your lights.
Think: the Elderly or those with disabilities.
eh.
Elderly are people of a certain age, bit like I feel at the moment.
besides, we got The Clapper.
Thinking too small….here’s bigger in two words:
‘iWatch Enabler’.
-hh
Using a key to start my car seems a bit contrived compared the old hand crank system
eh.
Only a few people wanted the internet a few years ago but not we all have it in out pocket. Just because many can’t see the utility of something doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t pursue it. Your comments are right on the mark but we have to contend with a botvinnik on this site.
what few people?
Those of us who used ARPAnet. If you read about the old times before you were born, you might have learned of it. 😆
nah, no one on ARPAnet didn’t want an Internet. Nice try, sonny.
Perhaps you’re having trouble parsing words today?
3l3c7ro: Only a few people wanted the internet a few years ago
botvinnik: what few people?
Wzrd: Those of us who used ARPAnet.
Oh, my bad. For a second I was thinking you actually read posts before responding… 😆
yeah, you’re bad.
Well there was Bert down the road and some guy in Brazil who was a bit lonely but they were told to get a life instead.
How’s ol’ Bert doin’ these days? Still got the baitshop
“certain preset functions in the home can be activated or deactivated remotely and automatically.”
Its too bad that we can’t deactivate the botvinnik on this site remotely and automatically.
yeah, too bad.
Every silver lining has its cloud…
Yeah one that pisses down relentlessly
I have the philips Hue. Love them.
My lights are on timers and turn on automatically when I get up in the morning, and turn off automatically when I leave for work.
I use programmed settings to turning my lights on and off throughout the day if I am away on travel.
I also have settings for watching movies.
It’s not about being lazy, it’s just about being entertained by fun gadgets.
iPhone? Oh puleeez, what’s wrong with smoke signals?
If Google had intelligent user tracking on Android, it wouldn’t have anyone to track.
I can’t wait to hack my neighbor’s toaster. That toast will be flying around his kitchen! 😆
Will this help automate the temperature in my bathhouse?
iBeacons.
I would love for my house to perform certain functions for me automatically. Turning on and off lights in different rooms (two teenage daughters), adjusting the thermostat (we have this now to a certain extent with our nest thermostats), unlocking or locking the doors aw we enter or leave the house (my wife and kids are constantly forgetting to do this). All the little things.
Now, if it could clean out the dryer vent and replace AC filters I would be completely hooked!
If I could use I technology to automatically make my oven start cooking my dinner at said time/distance from home now that I would certainly like.
I have control 4 system that operates lights, home theaters, garage door, driveway gates security cams, thermostat etc. I can use my ios devices to control it. But it was very expensive and has glitches that only an early adopter is willing to tinker with. I have often thought Apple should move into this market and do it right. If they make a whole house system as easy to use as an iphone, they will revolutionize home life.
BTW turning on or off lights throughout the whole house from the comfort of your bed is very convenient. Beats the clapper!