Generating suggestions for scenes and triggers

US10715399B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kevin P. McLaughlin · Mountain View, US
• Serhat S. Bucak · Santa Clara, US
• Sumit Saxena · Sunnyvale, US
• Anush G. Nadathur · Campbell, US
• Arun G. Mathias · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

In some implementations, a user device can automatically generate scene suggestions and/or trigger suggestions. For example, a scene can be a collection of accessories and corresponding accessory states. When the scene is invoked, the user device can cause the accessories associated with the scene to assume the corresponding accessory states. The user device can automatically determine the accessories and/or corresponding accessory states for a scene based on historical patterns of use represented in historical accessory state data. The user device can automatically determine triggers for automatically invoking scenes based on historical patterns of use. For example, the user device can analyze historical context (e.g., location, time, accessory state, etc.) data associated with accessory state transitions to determine triggers for automatically invoking a scene. The user device can present suggest scenes and/or triggers to the user of the user device.