Configuring a smart home controller

• Main Authors: Rukes, Jason Rundle, Boettcher, Jesse William, Boda, Ted Stephen, Le Guen, Sophie Solveig, Sloo, David
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.04.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ALARM SYSTEMS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PHYSICS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REGULATING; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SPIRITS; TESTING; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

A method performed at a computer system includes: obtaining door lock activation data for a door of a dwelling of the user; obtaining current occupancy data for the dwelling; setting a configuration of a controller for the dwelling, based at least in part on the door lock activation data for the door and the current occupancy data for the dwelling; the first configuration including for each sensor in a set of sensors coupled to the controller, disabling the sensor or disabling alerts from the sensor.