| CPC E04F 10/0659 (2013.01) [G05D 3/10 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A method for automatically deploying an awning in response to a weather event, the method comprising:
determining that an activating event has occurred, wherein the activating event includes a storm or other weather event;
upon determining that the activating event has occurred, automatically deploying an awning from a stored configuration inside an awning housing to a deployed configuration such that the awning covers a coverage area of a ground surface adjacent to a location where the awning housing is mounted;
wherein the awning is part of a networked system with a plurality of other deployable awnings; and
wherein determining that the activating event has occurred includes receiving notification from at least one neighboring deployable awning of the plurality of other deployable awnings located within a predetermined area that the at least one neighboring deployable awning has deployed.
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