Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable mesh network capacity management via network metering using a processor an integrated roofing mesh network node in a mesh network to receive and transmit data packets in the mesh network. Each data packet includes a source address, a destination address, and a payload of data. The processor determines passthrough traffic including a subset of data packets routed between radio nodes of the mesh network through the gateway based on the source address and the destination address of each data packet and an address associated with the gateway. The processor determines a passthrough data capacity based on the payload of each data packet in the subset and determines a metric based on the passthrough data capacity to signify an amount of mesh network bandwidth provided by the integrated roofing mesh network node.

Methods and systems for managing access to smart devices. One aspect is a method for providing access to at least one smart device, the method comprising identifying the at least one smart device that is in data communication with a smart device hub, storing user level access permissions including a global user level, communicating with a user device, the user device being associated with a stored user level access permission, the global user level allowing the user device to remotely connect to the smart device hub, determining the user level access permission for the user device, determining whether the user device has permission to access the at least one smart device based on the user level access permission, wherein to access the at least one smart device requires the global user level, and providing access to the at least one smart device to the user device.

A method of adjusting pool or spa equipment parameters in a multi-vendor pool or spa equipment system is provided. The method includes providing a pool or spa equipment system including a plurality of different pool or spa equipment provided by a plurality of different pool or spa equipment suppliers with each of the plurality of different pool or spa equipment having its own adjustable parameters. The method includes connecting the plurality of different pool or spa equipment to a software application via a local network and receiving and displaying current parameter data of the connected plurality of different pool or spa equipment on the software application. The method further includes adjusting, via the software application, the parameters of any one of the connected plurality of different pool or spa equipment.

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes a communication module, at least one processor operatively coupled to the communication module, and at least one memory. The processor implements the method, including: retrieving a plurality of service categories, each service category listing services providable to a user using one or more smart devices, and each service category associated with a service capability list of one or more elements indicating whether each service category is to be recommended to the user, receiving user-related information from the external device through the communication module and updating a service capability list of a user using the user-related information, and selecting a service category from among the retrieved plurality of service categories to be recommended to the user by comparing the updated service capability list of the user with the service capability lists associated with each of the plurality of service categories.

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a communication device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least an item for which the communication device can provide notification to the information processing apparatus, from the communication device, during pairing with the communication device; and an instruction unit configured to provide an instruction for enabling or disabling a notification setting for the item that has been acquired by the acquisition unit to the communication device during the pairing with the communication device.

A method and device for aggregating connected objects of a communications network. The connected objects have at least one basic feature. The method includes the following steps implemented on an aggregation device, in order to obtain a group avatar suitable for representing the connected objects: obtaining at least one basic feature; obtaining at least one feature of the group object, linked to a basic feature; and creating the group avatar including: a structure having a basic feature; a structure having a group feature; a structure for linking the group feature to at least one basic feature; and a group proxy structure having an association between an address of the group avatar and an address of the connected objects.

A server-based environment for reporting a status of a security, monitoring and automation controller is provided. Detecting cessation of an always-on persistent network connection between the SMA controller and the server is also provided. Reporting the cessation of the network connection to an end user and defined others is further provided. A further aspect provides for automatically reporting an alarm event to a central station, the end user, and others, in the event the cessation of the network connection occurs while the SMA controller is armed and after a zone fault event, and not receiving a disarm notification prior to expiration of a preset entry delay.

A method of installing a plurality of headless devices includes: scanning for the plurality of headless devices that are to be initially installed and are not yet connected to any network; detecting a first headless device of the plurality of headless devices; communicatively coupling the first headless device to a network; and storing network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network in a storage device. The method further includes scanning for a subsequent headless device of the plurality of headless devices; and determining if the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network using the stored network data. In response to a determination that the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network, the method includes using the stored network data, communicatively coupling the subsequent headless device to the network using the stored network data without user input of the network data; and then deleting the network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network from the storage device when a last headless device has been connected to the network.

Arrangements for transmitting network credentials from a user device to a second device to enable the second device to connect to a network are disclosed. At the user device, a user inputs network credentials for the second device to enable the second device to connect to a network. The user device transmits modulated light to the second device. The light is modulated so that the transmitted light is encoded with the network credentials. The second device has a photo sensor for receiving the modulated light from the user device and a processor for processing the modulated light to obtain the network credentials from the received modulated light.

There are provided an apparatus registration method capable of efficiently associating specific information about apparatuses and arrangement information about the apparatuses stored in an operation terminal, a program for implementing the method, and an apparatus system. A method for registration of luminaires associates a plurality of luminaires with items of arrangement information about the luminaires stored in an operation terminal for operating the luminaires. The method for registration of luminaires is adapted to include the steps of: consecutively reading at least two or more of items of specific information about the luminaires included in the luminaires using a RF reader; storing items of arrangement information about the luminaires into the operation terminal; and consecutively associating the at least two or more items of specific information consecutively read by the RF reader with at least two or more items of arrangement information among the items of arrangement information about the luminaires.