Assistant for management of network devices

Abstract

Management of devices on a wireless network is described. An assistant device can determine how a user used resources and/or devices outside of an environment. Based on how the user used those resources and/or devices, configuration settings of local devices within the environment can be updated to provide new resources or settings.

I/We claim: 
     
         1 . A method for a home assistant device having artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to update configuration settings of devices within an environment of the home assistant device based on usage of devices outside of the environment, comprising:
 receiving, by a processor, usage information from a smartphone that represents how a user of the smartphone interacted with devices outside of the environment with the home assistant device, the usage information indicating that the user selected a first 5 gigahertz (GHz) wireless network rather than a first 2.4 GHz wireless network for the smartphone to communicatively couple with at a first location outside of the environment, and that the user selected a second 2.4 GHz wireless network rather than a second 5 GHz wireless network for the smartphone to communicatively couple with at a second location outside of the environment, the first location and the second location being different;   determining, by the processor, that the usage information also represents first characteristics of the smartphone within the first location when the first 5 GHz wireless network was selected, and second characteristics of the smartphone within the second location when the second 2.4 GHz wireless network was selected, the characteristics including one or more of a battery life remaining of the smartphone or a signal strength of the corresponding wireless network from a perspective of the smartphone;   determining, by the processor, that the environment of the home assistant device includes a router configured to provide a third 2.4 GHz wireless network but not a third 5 GHz wireless network;   determining, by the processor, that the user prefers 5 GHz wireless networks over 2.4 GHz wireless networks based on the selection of the first 5 GHz wireless network within the first location, and based on the first characteristics of the smartphone corresponding the first location and the second characteristics of the smartphone corresponding to the second location;   updating, by the processor, configuration settings of the router to implement the third 5 GHz wireless network within the environment of the home assistant device based on the determination of the preference of the user; and   updating, by the processor, configuration settings of the smartphone to prioritize selection of the third 5 GHz wireless network over the third 2.4 GHz wireless network provided by the router within the environment of the home assistant device.