Within a certain time period, an action is executed according to a circumstance in which a plurality of events occur. A linking server (1) includes (i) an event detecting section (103) which detects an occurrence of each of a plurality of events specified in a linking rule and (ii) an action execution control section (105) which controls a device controlling server (2) to execute an action in a case where an occurrence of one of the plurality of events is detected and then, within the certain time period, occurrences of all of remaining ones of the plurality of events are detected.

Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, for managing loss histories for individuals and/or assets, such as real estate, homes, and vehicles, and/or for creating and maintaining loss history reports for individuals and/or insurable assets. The loss histories or loss history reports may be individual or insured specific, or may be insurable or insured asset specific.

The invention pertains to a method for connecting a household appliance (1) to a wireless home network (2), wherein the household appliance (1) makes available a temporary network (3) with a hotspot identification (4), wherein a user terminal (5) is connected to the household appliance (1) via the temporary network (3) by utilizing the hotspot identification (4), wherein the user terminal (5) transmits network access information (16) to the household appliance (1), and wherein the household appliance (1) closes the temporary network (3) after the reception of the network access information (16) and logs on to the home network (2) by utilizing the received network access information (16). In order to enhance methods known from the prior art, it is proposed that the hotspot identification (4) of the temporary network (3) is randomly generated by means of a random character generator (6).

A device in communication with a first network associated with a building management system (BMS) includes one or more processing circuits configured to receive a new virtual device corresponding to one or more physical devices or systems and provide a mapping between the new virtual device and the physical devices or systems. Data points of the new virtual device correspond to data points of the physical devices or systems. The processing circuits are configured to receive data values for the data points of the physical devices or systems and update the data points of the new virtual device with the data values for the data points of the physical devices or systems. The new virtual device is configured to represent the physical devices or systems on the first network.

There is provided a kit including a module and an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The electrically operated aerosol-generating system includes an electric heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating substrate, a supply of electrical energy, a data coupling, and a system attachment connector. The module includes a data connector configured to connect to the data coupling of the electrically operated aerosol-generating system, and a module attachment connector configured to cooperate with the system attachment connector on the electrically operated aerosol-generating system to attach the module to the electrically operated aerosol-generating system.

A system and method for controlling a cooking appliance are provided. The method may include receiving, by a server, a usage time of each of a plurality of burners from a cooking appliance; receiving, by the server, a request to transfer a recipe from a terminal; recommending to the terminal, by the server, a burner having a shortest usage time; transmitting, by the terminal, a control command for turning on the recommended burner to the server; transmitting, by the server, the control command to the cooking appliance; and turning on, by the cooking appliance, the recommended burner according to the control command.

A smart gateway device for providing communications between multiple networks associated with a building management system (BMS). The device includes a first network interface circuit in communication with a first network associated with a building management system (BMS). The device further includes a second network interface circuit in communication with a second network associated with a subsystem of the BMS, wherein the second network is not compatible with the first network. The second network interface circuit is configured to detect a physical device associated with the second network, and to receive a data packet associated with the physical device. The data packet is transmitted to the first network interface circuit. The first network interface circuit is configured to receive the data packet and to generate a virtual device based on the received data packet. The virtual device is configured to represent the physical device on the first network.

A system 100 for commissioning a lighting device by a wearable device 102 when installing the lighting device is disclosed. The system 100 comprises the wearable device 102 comprising a detection unit 104 arranged for detecting contextual information of the wearable device 102, the contextual information being at least one of an orientation and/or a movement of the wearable device 102. The system 100 further comprises a receiver 106 arranged for receiving an identifier of the lighting device 120. The system 100 further comprises a processor 108 arranged for determining at least one installation characteristic of the lighting device 120 based on the detected contextual information of the wearable device 102, and for linking the at least one installation characteristic to the identifier. The system 100 also comprises a memory 110 arranged for storing the at least one installation characteristic and the identifier. Upon storing the at least one installation characteristic, the lighting device 120 is ready to be controlled by any type of control device.

Doorbells can send data to each other to enable a first doorbell user to warn a second doorbell user regarding a suspicious visitor. A first user can indicate a first trait of a visitor via a first remote computing device. The first user can create a user group to enable the members of the user group to use their doorbells to take pictures of suspicious visitors and to send the pictures of the suspicious visitors to other members of the user group.

Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, for tracking changes for a user. Example methods may include implementing one or more servers, each of the one or more servers maintaining a copy of a distributed ledger; detecting a change in a policy or claim status for a user; responding to the detection of the change, including: (i) generating, via a server of the one or more servers, a transaction record for the distributed ledger including data corresponding to the change; (ii) generating a hash value representative of at least the transaction record using at least a generated nonce value; and (iii) storing the transaction record and the hash value to each copy of the distributed ledger at the one or more servers; and performing a function based upon the transaction record stored to the distributed ledger.