A robot-connected IoT-based sleep-caring system includes a sleep-caring robot and an IoT system. The sleep-caring robot includes environment monitoring, physiology monitoring, sleep monitoring, sound, lighting and electricity control, a smart storage compartment, central data processing, and machine arms. The IoT system senses and executes instructions from the sleep-caring robot, thereby catering to bedroom activities of the user.

Methods and systems for homeowner-directed risk mitigation for damage to a property associated with insurance-related events are provided. A smart home controller may analyze data received from a plurality of smart devices disposed on, or proximate to, a property as well as data received from an insurance provider. If it is determined that an actual or potential risk of property damage exists, the smart home controller may transmit an alert to a homeowner detailing the risk. The homeowner may respond to the alert by transmitting an instruction to mitigate or prevent damage associated with the risk back to the smart home controller. Subsequently, the smart home controller may transmit information about the actual or potential risks and any homeowner-directed mitigative actions to an insurance provider. The insurance provider may interpret the transmitted data and perform insurance activities, such as providing discounts and adjusting an insurance policy associated with the property.

A method of remotely obtaining metadata from a building management system at a building site includes utilizing an intelligent gateway that is disposed at the building site and that is operably coupled with the building management system. A request for the intelligent gateway to obtain metadata from the building management system is received at the intelligent gateway, which applies the metadata request to individual components of the building management system. The intelligent gateway receives the requested metadata from the individual components of the building management system and translates the received metadata into a predetermined format. The intelligent gateway communicates the translated metadata to the remote server.

Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a backup of configuration information files at a system controller and storing this backup at a server via the use of a network device.

A method of remotely configuring one or more building system components at a building site uses a cloud-based server remote from the building site. The cloud-based server receives information from an intelligent gateway at the building site that identifies each of one or more building system components at the building site. The cloud-based server is used to create a site configuration that is based at least in part on the identified information for each of the one or more building system components. The site configuration is then downloaded from the cloud-based server to the intelligent gateway such that the intelligent gateway is able to pass configuration information to one or more local controllers that control operation of the one or more building system components.

A first device obtains a public key of a first home device and a first message leaving key that is used to encrypt an offline message between the first device and the first home device; obtains a public key of a second device and a second message leaving key that is used to encrypt an offline message between the first device and the second device; obtains a third message leaving key used to encrypt an offline message between the second device and the first home device; encrypts the public key of the second device and the third message leaving key by using the first message leaving key, to obtain first encrypted information, and requests a server to push the first encrypted information to the first home device; and encrypts the public key of the first home device and the third message leaving key by using the second message leaving key.

Doorbell systems can include a doorbell and a chime. In some embodiments, the chime can be communicatively coupled to a wireless network of a building, to the doorbell, and to a remote computing device. In several embodiments, the chime facilitates communication with at least one of the doorbell, the remote computing device, and a remote sensor.

A server acts as an event analyzer for a home security or monitoring system. The server receives a signal from a remote third-party server, the signal including data relating to a condition detected by a device at a premises. The server determines whether the remote third-party server corresponds to a preexisting third-party server registration. The server determines whether the device corresponds to a preexisting device registration. When the remote third-party server is determined to correspond to the preexisting third-party server registration and the device is determined to correspond to the preexisting device registration, the server determines whether the condition detected by the device at the premises is an alarm condition. When the condition detected by the device at the premises is determined to be the alarm condition, the server transmits an alarm signal to a central monitoring station.

An Internet of things (IoT) environment-based user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a transceiver configured to perform communication with a plurality of devices constituting an IoT environment, a display device configured to display a user interface which includes a first object list including a first object indicating a first device in which a specific condition is set among the plurality of devices and a second object list including a second object indicating a second device configured to provide an alarm, and a processor configured to control the first device and the second device so that the second device is set to provide the alarm in response to satisfaction of the specific condition set to the first device, in response to the first object being selected from the first object list and the second object being selected from the second object list through the user interface.

Provided are a method of registering a home appliance in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) server, and a home appliance. The home appliance performs device registration by obtaining access point information and information of a set-up cloud server from a mobile device connected through device-to-device communication, transmitting a temporary password to the mobile device through the device-to-device communication, establishing a communication connection with the set-up cloud server by using the obtained access point information and the obtained information of the set-up cloud server, obtaining user account information from the set-up cloud server by using the temporary password as an identification key, and providing information of the home appliance and the user account information to an IoT server.