Systems and methods are provided for implementing a device-independent scene in a home automation environment. One embodiment is a method comprising receiving information regarding a home-independent home automation scene, the information identifying a zone property and an identified zone type; identifying, in the designated home, a zone corresponding to the identified zone type; identifying at least one home automation device capable of affecting the zone property in the identified zone; for each of the identified devices, identifying a device state of the respective device that contributes to the zone property; storing a home-automation scene for the designated home, wherein the home-automation scene comprises information identifying the at least one identified devices and the respective identified device states of those devices; and in response to user selection of the stored home-automation scene, causing the at least one identified device to perform the respective identified actions.

Disclosed are systems for predictive analysis of data received from inter-related communication devices within a distributed communication network (e.g., Internet-of-Things (IoT)), which have been determined to be associated with an entity. The predictive analysis resulting in a determination of future resource needs. Based on the predicted future resource needs, the present invention determines a resource acquisition scheme which serves to accommodate the predicted future resource needs.

The present invention relates to a method of processing upgoing application messages originating from an electronic unit for control (U) of a home automation installation by a server (S) comprising the following steps:—a step of establishment of a connection (Cnx) between the server (S) and the electronic control unit (U); a step of reception (EMC2) of an upgoing application message (Mm) by the server (S) originating from the electronic control unit (U);—a step of posting (EMC4) of an incoming message (Me), in the case where the upgoing application message contains useful data (Plm), the incoming message (Me) being posted on an incoming queue (Qe) with a view to a processing by an application module (MA), the incoming message (Me) comprising useful data (Plm) determined as a function of the useful data (Pld) of the upgoing application message (Mm) and an identifier of the electronic control unit (Uid);—a step of freeing (EMC9) of the connection (Cnx) in an immediate manner or following a maximum lag (Tmax).

A home appliance is disclosed. The disclosed home appliance comprises: a communication device for performing communication using a plurality of communication methods; and a processor for, when wireless identification information of a home appliance is received from an external server via a first communication method, controlling the communication device to operate in an access point (AP) mode in which communication is performed in a second communication method by using the received wireless identification information, wherein the processor is connected to a terminal device via the second communication method, and if wireless configuration information for an access point accessed by the terminal device is received from the terminal device, the processor controls the communication device to access the access point via a third communication method by using the received wireless configuration information.

Methods and systems for managing a premises are described. A premises or devices at a premises may be associated with one or more premises zones. The one or more premises zones may be associated with corresponding content. If data is received from a device associated with a particular premises zone, then the content may be output. The content may be used to notify a user of an event, state change, or other indication associated with the particular premises zone.

An interconnection device for interconnecting two sub-networks, on which UPnP devices are connected: determines actual IP addresses and port numbers of servers of the UPnP device; allocates a port number to each server, establishes a connection with a UPnP device of the femtocell and a connection with a UPnP device of the local area network; replaces, in frames received via one of said connections, each actual server IP address and port number allocated by the interconnection device to said server; and replaces, in frames received via one of said connections, each actual IP address and port number with an IP address of the interconnection device to said server; and replaces, in said received frames, each IP address of the interconnection device and port number allocated by the interconnection device to a server with the IP address and port number of the corresponding server.

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an internet of things (IoT) device. In some implementations, the IoT device can select an operating role for the first IoT device in a local network. The operating role may be selected from between an endpoint role and a relay role. The operating role may be dynamically selected by the first IoT device based whether the relay role would enhance connectivity for a client device that is within a wireless range of the first IoT device. The IoT device may participate in a self-organizing network (SON) and may coordinate with other devices in the SON to enhance wireless coverage for the client device based on a position of the client device relative to the one or more IoT devices.

An accessory has a main body that includes a case that defines an external appearance of the main body, a main switch located within the case and configured to be pushed downward, and an elastic operation portion that is located vertically above the main switch and extends radially outward toward an inner surface of the case, the elastic operation portion being configured to elastically deform downward to thereby push the main switch. The elastic operation portion includes a middle part located vertically above the main switch, a first bent part extending radially outward from a first end of the middle part, the first bent part having a first curvature that is convex downward, and a second bent part extending radially outward from a second end of the middle part opposite the first end, the second bent part having a second curvature that is convex downward.

An apparatus is disclosed that includes a battery-operated switch magnetically mounted to a switch holder. The switch includes a microcontroller, a short-range wireless transmitter, one or more tactile control buttons, and a switch magnet. The switch holder includes a magnetic plate, a front face having a front height and front width, a back plane having a back height and a back width, and a depth spanning from the front face to the back plane. The switch holder also includes a switch depression in the front face spanning at least a portion of the depth. The switch depression has a shape that correlates to a switch shape, and the switch depression has dimensions that correlate to switch dimensions. The switch is magnetically mounted to the magnetic holder in the switch body depression by the switch magnet and the magnetic plate.

Methods and systems for monitoring a premises are described. A server external to the premises may be in communication with a system at the premises. The server may receive status data from the system from one or more interfaces. If a loss of communication occurs on one interface, then the status data may be received via a second interface. The server may determine timing information for status data received via the first interface and for status data received via the second interface. The server may send, based on the timing information, a message to a computing device indicating the loss of communication.