Methods for authenticating and integrating user equipment into an information system, corresponding devices and computer programs. Integration of new user equipment into an operator's information system uses communication protocols providing the authentication of the user equipment and guaranteeing integrity and confidentiality of messages exchanged between the user equipment and a user equipment management server of the information system. The user equipment is provided, at the time of manufacture, with an authentication certificate supplied to the manufacturer by the operator managing the information system in which the equipment is to be integrated. This requires cumbersome and inflexible logistics to implement and limits the choice of users as to which user equipment they might wish to integrate. The proposed solution relies on an ecosystem of already authenticated user equipment present in the local network in order to authenticate the user equipment and thus authorize its integration into the information system.

A method of controlling a household appliance including receiving a device connection request signal through ultra wideband (UWB) communication from a user terminal, obtaining location information of the user terminal based on the received device connection request signal, establishing a UWB communication channel between the household appliance and the user terminal based on the obtained location information. The method includes receiving network access information to access a network from the user terminal through the established UWB communication channel, and establishing a network connection for the household appliance to access the network based on the received network access information.

A method for positioning an internet of things (IoT) device with AR glasses is provided. The method includes: acquiring an indoor map; determining an AR-position of the AR glasses on the indoor map and a viewing direction of the AR glasses based on initial information of the AR glasses; receiving from the AR glasses tracking information concerning the IoT device to be positioned; and determining an IoT-position of the loT device to be positioned from the AR-position and the viewing direction in combination with the tracking information of the AR glasses.

A method for positioning an internet of things (IoT) device with AR glasses is provided. The method includes: acquiring an indoor map; determining an AR-position of the AR glasses on the indoor map and a viewing direction of the AR glasses based on initial information of the AR glasses; receiving from the AR glasses tracking information concerning the IoT device to be positioned; and determining an IoT-position of the loT device to be positioned from the AR-position and the viewing direction in combination with the tracking information of the AR glasses.

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for changing a resource state, a terminal, and a storage medium, which belong to the field of smart home. A system for changing a resource state that includes a first collection resource, a first intermediate-level resource, and leaf node resources can be established. By making the first collection resource obtain link information of each leaf node resource whose resource state needs to be changed, a request that includes a default interface of the leaf node resource may be generated for the leaf node resource, such that a state of the leaf node resource can be changed accurately by the system. Therefore, the present disclosure enables the control request issued by a client to be recognized and executed by each leaf node resource, thereby increasing reliability and stability of system control.

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for changing a resource state, a terminal, and a storage medium, which belong to the field of smart home. A system for changing a resource state that includes a first collection resource, a first intermediate-level resource, and leaf node resources can be established. By making the first collection resource obtain link information of each leaf node resource whose resource state needs to be changed, a request that includes a default interface of the leaf node resource may be generated for the leaf node resource, such that a state of the leaf node resource can be changed accurately by the system. Therefore, the present disclosure enables the control request issued by a client to be recognized and executed by each leaf node resource, thereby increasing reliability and stability of system control.

Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control, routing, and automatic feature adjustment are disclosed. Sensors associated with autonomous operation features may be utilized to search an area for missing persons, stolen vehicles, or similar persons or items of interest. Sensor data associated with the features may be automatically collected and analyzed to passively search for missing persons or vehicles without vehicle operator involvement. Search criteria may be determined by a remote server and communicated to a plurality of vehicles within a search area. In response to which, sensor data may be collected and analyzed by the vehicles. When sensor data generated by a vehicle matches the search criteria, the vehicle may communicate the information to the remote server.

An alarm management system includes a control arrangement, an alarm device, a blockchain, a blockchain application, and a plurality of nodal access sites. The arrangement includes a processor and a storage medium. The device is configured to output an event signal to the control arrangement. The blockchain is stored in the medium, and includes a plurality of transaction types. Each transaction type includes at least one linked transaction, and the at least one linked transaction is time stamped. The blockchain application is stored in the medium, and is executed by the processor, and is configured to time stamp each one of the transactions. The blockchain is applied by the application to determine a current associated transaction with any one of the transaction types, and output data associated with the current transaction. The plurality of nodal access sites are configured to receive and output the data associated with the current transaction.

Various implementations relate to generating, locally at an assistant client device, specific control commands that, when transmitted to a corresponding smart device, are directly interpretable by the corresponding smart device to effectuate a state change at the corresponding smart device, or at a corresponding additional smart device directly controlled by the corresponding smart device. Various implementations additionally or alternatively relate to utilizing local assistant client devices in discovering, provisioning, and/or registering smart devices for an account of a user.

A home appliance configured to be registered in a server, the home appliance includes: a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, based on the home appliance being registered in the server, communicatively connected to an access point (AP) and configured to periodically operate in an AP mode through a virtual interface, and a controller configured to control the Wi-Fi module to periodically operate in the AP mode. The Wi-Fi module is configured to generate a beacon signal to search for an unregistered home appliance based on the Wi-Fi module being operated in the AP mode.