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.

Implementations discussed herein relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling one or more internet of things (IoT) devices via a graphical camera interface of a portable electronic device. The graphical camera interface can be presented at the portable electronic device in response to the user accessing a camera application via the portable electronic device and directing a camera of the portable electronic device at the IoT device. One or more images generated from an output of the camera can be processed to identify the IoT device that the user is intending to control. Information related to a context in which the user aimed their camera at the IoT device can be used to assist in narrowing down a selection of the IoT device from multiple different IoT devices that may be associated with the user and/or an image captured by the camera.

A camera assembly includes an enclosed housing having a rear surface, a front surface, and a periphery. The camera assembly also includes a lens module located within the housing and configured to receive light via the front surface, and a circuit board comprising communication circuitry located within the housing and configured to wireless communicate over a plurality of different communication protocols. The camera assembly further includes a first antenna arranged at a location on the circuit board, the first antenna configured for communication over a first one of the communication protocols, and a second antenna arranged at a location on the inner surface of the periphery, the second antenna configured for communication over a second one of the communication protocols.

An electronic apparatus is disclosed, the electronic apparatus including a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external apparatus, a memory configured to store knowledge information including information regarding the external apparatus and a plurality of action templates that define an operation of the external apparatus and a controller configured to receive identification information of the external apparatus through the communication circuitry of the communicator, to acquire knowledge information and an action template corresponding to the external apparatus based on the identification information from the memory, to generate a command to operate the external apparatus based on the knowledge information and the action template and to transmit the command to the external apparatus through the communication circuitry of the communicator.

Techniques are disclosed for transmitting an announcement to one or more devices. In one example, a first device receives a first message that includes an announcement, the announcement associated with a voice that spoke the announcement. The first device may determine the announcement from the first message, and then identify one or more devices for receiving the announcement. The one or more devices may have a particular device type of a plurality of different device types comprising at least a mobile device. The first device may then transmit a second message to the one or more devices for presentation of the announcement by the one or more devices.

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus is configured to control at least one external device to which an identification marker is attached. The display apparatus also includes an imaging sensor configured to obtain an image of the at least one external device, and a communicator configured to perform communication with at least one of a server and the at least one external device. The display apparatus also includes a processor configured to transmit identification information obtained from an identification marker included in the image, and in response to control information for controlling the at least one external device being received from the server or the at least one external device, control the display to match and display an object for controlling the at least one external device with an external device image based on the control information.

A smart home system control method and apparatus, and an electronic device. Device information of a smart device waiting to be added in a smart scene is acquired. According to the device information, a previous device required to be replaced and at least one smart scene in which the previous devices has been added are acquired. The smart device is configured in the at least one smart scene, and the previous device is removed from the at least one smart scene.

A method creates an operating interface for a first domestic appliance from a plurality of domestic appliances. The method includes providing a plurality of different generic operating elements for specifying different functionalities and/or parameters of the plurality of domestic appliances. The method further includes determining description data for the first domestic appliance. The description data indicate which one or more of the plurality of generic operating elements are used to operate the first domestic appliance and which functionalities and/or parameter values of the first domestic appliance can be set by one or more generic operating elements used. The method also includes creating the operating interface for the first domestic appliance on the input/output unit of a control unit on the basis of the plurality of different generic operating elements and on the basis of the description data for the first domestic appliance.

A load control system may be provided including control devices and a system controller. The system controller may be configured to broadcast a service set identifier (SSID) and provide a wireless network connection to a network device. The system controller may provide a web page to the network device, wherein the web page may include an indication of target system controllers. The target system controllers may be used for configuring (e.g., associating) the control devices. The system controller may receive an indication of a target system controller selected to associate the control devices. The system controller may determine an address and port number of the target system controller identified by the network device. The system controller may provide, to the network device, the web page from the target system controller while the network device is connected to the system controller via the wireless network connection.

The invention relates to a technique for determining the presence of a peripheral device (23, 26) in a service area of a local network (2). The local network includes a gateway (20) for accessing a communications network (1) and at least one relay device (21, 24). The peripheral device and the relay device(s) are arranged to communicate with other devices via a radio-access network. The access gateway controls at least one relay device, so that the latter scans frequencies for accessing the radio-access network. When the relay device receives an announcement message from the peripheral device, said relay device transmits a notification of detection of the peripheral device to the access gateway. The peripheral device is then identified as being present in the service area.