A local network system includes one or more terminals operable to act as a client on the local network and a gateway device operable to manage communications between the one or more terminals and an external network. The gateway device includes a memory configured to store a set of instructions and a processor configured to execute the set of instructions. The gateway device further includes a plurality of communications modules in communications with the external network and/or one or more terminals.

A method includes acquiring a media content directory on at least one media server, and identifying media description information in at least two media resource objects in the media content directory and integrating the at least two media resource objects when media resources respectively corresponding to the at least two media resource objects have same media content, so the integrated at least two media resource objects are represented by one media identifier. The method also includes sending, according to capability information of a media playback device selected by a user, a media resource address corresponding to a first media resource object to the media playback device, so the media playback device acquires and plays a media resource corresponding to the media resource address, where the first media resource object is one of the at least two media resource objects that are suitable to be played on the media playback device.

An apparatus may display a home dashboard screen. The home dashboard screen may include a rooms function that when selected, causes display of a rooms screen. The rooms screen may list rooms. The rooms screen may present a back button that when selected, causes display of the home dashboard screen. When one of the rooms is selected, a room dashboard screen may be displayed. The room dashboard screen may list selectable functions, and may present a back button and a “Go To Rooms” button either of which when selected may cause display of the rooms screen. When a selectable function is selected, a control screen may be displayed. The control screen may present controls for receiving a control input, and may present a back button that when selected, causes display of the room dashboard screen, and a “Go To Rooms” button that when selected, causes display of the rooms screen.

Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments include initiating operation of network application logic by detecting control of a network-connected electronic device within a predetermined interval of a previous receipt of instructions related to playing media content that includes content-type metadata that identifies the media content as being a predetermined type of content; and programming an automated routine for initiating the operation of network application logic configured to control the network-connected electronic device triggered by receipt of instruction related to playing the media content when metadata associated with the selected media content includes the content-type metadata that identifies the selected media content as the predetermined type of content.

A network media environment includes a first hub network and a second hub network. The first hub network encompasses a first local environment based on a first server which is coupled to a first client. The second hub network encompasses a second local environment based on a second server which is also coupled to the first client. The first local environment and the second local environment overlap. The second local environment is movable with a movement of the second server.

Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit is capable of connecting to, via a fourth network, a first server and a first device existing in a first network, a second server and a second device existing in a second network, and a relay server that exists in a third network and stores connection information with respect to the first server and the second server. The controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive the connection information from the relay server and controlling data transmission processing between the first device and the second device via the first server and the second server using the connection information.

An information processor making up a home network system together with a terminal device. The information processor includes an identification request processing section, a publishing section, and a command execution section. The identification request processing section is configured to extract, from reproduced content, signature data indicating the features of the content, generate a query including at least the extracted signature data and transmit the query to an identification server so as to receive a response indicating the identification result of the reproduced content returned from the identification server in response to the query. The publishing section is configured to publish, to the terminal device, a command to operate the identification request processing section from the terminal device. The command execution section is configured to operate the identification request section in response to the command from the terminal device so as to transfer the response to the terminal device.

A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.

Provided are a method and device for providing IoT device information and an intelligent computing device. A method of providing information related to a control target device includes searching for the control target device and displaying a position of the control target device in a map of an area in which the control target device is positioned. Therefore, an intuitive interface can be provided to a user. One or more of the IoT devices, robots, and intelligent computing devices of the present disclosure may comprise artificial intelligence modules, drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs), robots, Augmented Reality (AR) devices, virtual reality, VR) devices, devices related to 5G services, and the like.

There is described a building automation system comprising a control center and an adapter for providing integration of subsystems. The adapter facilitates communications between the control center and a subsystem of the building automation system. A subsystem library of the control center receives an object model associated with the subsystem from the user interface. An extraction tool of the control center generates output information based on the object model. The control center is mapped to the adapter, so that a thing description may be communicated there between. The thing description includes a description of instances hosted by the adapter and representing the object model. An auto discovery component of the control center creates instances of the object model based on the thing description and addresses properties of the object model. The building automation system utilizes the instances and the addresses to manage the subsystem associated with the object model.