US 12,114,041 B2
Using motion and presence of an end-user in and out of a monitored environment to trigger an action at an Internet of Things device
Greg Garner, San Jose, CA (US); and David Stern, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,722.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056633 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44218 (2013.01) [G11B 27/005 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
using a Wi-Fi module of a computing device to detect that an end-user has exited a monitored environment of the computing device, wherein the monitored environment of the computing device comprises an Internet of Things (IoT) device communicatively coupled to the computing device over an IoT network, wherein using the Wi-Fi module to detect that the end-user has exited the monitored environment comprises analyzing characteristics of a Wi-Fi signal transmitted from and received by the Wi-Fi module of the computing device;
in response to detecting that the end-user has exited the monitored environment of the computing device, triggering a first IoT action at the IoT device;
after detecting that the end-user has exited the monitored environment of the computing device and triggering the first IoT action, using the Wi-Fi module of the computing device to detect that the end-user has reentered the monitored environment of the computing device, wherein using the Wi-Fi module to detect that the end-user has reentered the monitored environment comprises analyzing characteristics of a Wi-Fi signal; and
in response to detecting that the end-user has reentered the monitored environment of the computing device, triggering a second IoT action at the IoT device.