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Patent US10416698
Issued 2019-09-17
Proximity Control Using Wifi Connection
According to an aspect of the disclosure, a controller is disposed at a site and includes a communication device capable of establishing a WIFI network to communicate with a mobile device. The controller is further configured to detect the mobile device establishing or losing a WIFI connection with a WIFI network, alter an operating condition at the site in response to detecting the mobile device establishing the WIFI connection and alter an operating condition at the site in response to detecting the mobile device losing the WIFI connection. A method of proximity control using a WIFI connection includes detecting a mobile device establishing or losing a WIFI connection with a WIFI network, altering an operating condition of a site in response to detecting the mobile device establishing the WIFI connection and altering an operating condition of the site in response to detecting the mobile device losing the WIFI connection.
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- 1. A system comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; a controller disposed at a site and including:
a communication device capable of establishing an 802.11 based communication network to communicate with a first mobile device and a second mobile device, and
at least one processor that executes the instructions stored in the at least one memory and configured to:
detect the first mobile device establishing or losing an 802.11 based wireless connection to said 802.11 based wireless network,
alter an operating condition of the network device to a first operating condition at the site in response to detecting the first mobile device establishing said 802.11 based wireless connection,
alter an operating condition of the network device to a second operating condition at the site in response to detecting the first mobile device losing said established 802.11 based wireless connection, and
upon determining said first mobile device not being connected to said 802.11 based communication network, initiate a text message to said first mobile device using a different communication network to indicate that the operating condition of the network device can be altered based on an input by a user of the first mobile device received by the controller though the different communication network.
- 19. A method comprising:
detecting, by a controller, at least one of a first mobile device or a second mobile device establishing or losing an 802.11 based wireless connection with an 802.11 based communication network; altering, by the controller, an operating condition of a network device at a site to a first operating condition in response to detecting the first mobile device establishing said 802.11 based wireless connection; altering, by the controller, an operating condition of the network device at the site to a second operating condition in response to detecting the first mobile device losing said established 802.11 based wireless connection; and upon determining said first mobile device not being connected to said 802.11 based communication network, initiating, by the controller, a text message to said first mobile device using a different communication network to indicate that the operating condition of the network device can be altered, by the controller, based on an input by a user of the first mobile device received by the controller though the different communication network.
