Abstract: A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.

Abstract: A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.

Abstract: A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.

Abstract: A building automation server includes a memory, a communication interface and a controller that is coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The memory is for storing a database comprising a plurality of user accounts, wherein each user account includes an associated building location of a building, an associated geofence defined relative to the building location, and one or more group member ID's, wherein each of the one or more group member ID's is associated with a corresponding mobile device with location services, and each user account identifies a geofence status for each of the one or more group member ID's, where the geofence status indicates whether the corresponding mobile device for each of the one or more group member ID is within the geofence associated with the user account or outside of the geofence.

Abstract: A building automation server includes a memory, a communication interface and a controller that is coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The memory is for storing a database comprising a plurality of user accounts, wherein each user account includes an associated building location of a building, an associated geofence defined relative to the building location, and one or more group member ID's, wherein each of the one or more group member ID's is associated with a corresponding mobile device with location services, and each user account identifies a geofence status for each of the one or more group member ID's, where the geofence status indicates whether the corresponding mobile device for each of the one or more group member ID is within the geofence associated with the user account or outside of the geofence.

Abstract: A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.