A system and a method render internet multimedia content in a network using an application to render the internet multimedia content and/or locally stored multimedia content on one or more rendering devices in the network. The application may provide web browser functions, such as, for example, receiving, processing, decoding and/or rendering the internet multimedia content. The application may have an enhanced user interface which may enable a user to select the internet multimedia content and a rendering device in the network, send the internet multimedia content to the rendering device and/or control rendering of the internet multimedia content on the rendering device.

A system for providing data communication over a MoCA (Multimedia over Coaxial Alliance) network in a construction complex, the system comprising a coaxial network; a network management device connectable to an external data channel, the network management device comprising a connector structured to be connected to the coaxial network; and a control unit having a first MoCA chip, wherein the control unit is configured to establish an access function, creating a control channel over the coaxial network to one or more MoCA end devices; and at least one MoCA end device connected to the coaxial network, wherein the at least one MoCA end device has a second MoCA chip and a network access unit connected to a bus on the second MoCA chip.

A method for configuring home automation installation including at least one home automation device capable of communicating with at least one central control unit, the method being executed by a management unit capable of communicating with the at least one central control unit; the method including the following steps: receiving, from the central control unit, at least one configuration message relating to at least one home automation device; obtaining a location identifier of the at least one home automation device; recording a correspondence between the location identifier of the at least one home automation device and at least one identification element contained in the configuration message; recording at least one type of the at least one home automation device; and/or the at least one definition of a function, a state variable and/or a function conversion rule. Also disclosed is a control method and a monitoring method.

The present invention relates to a method of remotely configuring access to at least one home automation device (D) that is part of a home automation installation (Su), the home automation installation comprising at least one home automation device (D) and at least one central control unit (U), and the method being performed by a first remote access service (Svc1) carried out by a management unit and comprising the following steps: receiving (ECfSvc19; ECfSvc14) a remote access request (MP, Min) relating to at least one home automation device (D) linked to the profile of a user (Usr1) and intended for a second service (Svc2), the request being relative to an identifier (UsrlID1) of the user (UsrlID1) with the first service (Svc1); receiving (ECfSvc16, ECfSvc19) an authorization in reply to the access request by the user (Usr1); configuring (ECfSvc110) an access authorization repository so as to accept at least one control command (MCa) arriving from a second service (Svc2), or the transmission of monitoring data (MSa) to the second service (Svc2) for the home automation device (D) linked to the user profile (USr1). The invention also relates to a control and monitoring method.

A method of remotely configuring access to at least one home automation device that is part of a home-automation installation, the home automation installation comprising at least one home automation device and at least one central control unit, and the method being performed by a first remote access service carried out by a management unit and including the following steps: receiving an information message relating to the presence of the home automation device from a central control unit to which the device is linked; determining a second service associated with the type of home automation device for which remote access must be configured with corresponding access rules; configuring an access rights reference system in order to accept at least one control command from the second service or transmitting monitoring data to the second service on behalf of the home automation device. The present application also relates to a control and monitoring method.

An internet-of-things, IoT, device (100) includes a luminosity sensing unit and a motion sensing unit. The IoT device (100) also includes a first network interface connectable to an IoT coordinator device (200) over a first network using a first network protocol, and a second network interface configured to communicate over a second network via a second network protocol. The IoT device (100) is configured to act as a bridge between the first and second networks, allowing integration of various smart building management services (600). A smart building control system (300) comprises a plurality of the IoT devices (100).

Described are techniques for video bridging for conversion of IP network video streams to the USB Video Class (UVC). The conversion of IP video to UVC video can include the use of software-only conversions and hardware assisted conversions, and can be done within purpose-built “conversion” devices or as software only solutions operating within applications or drivers within the operating systems of the “end nodes”. The end-nodes simultaneously see and use multiple USB UVC video sources. The conversion process can also convert the USB UVC video control protocol to IP Video Stream control protocols.

A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit is communicatively coupled to a first plurality of HVAC units, a first interactive display, and a first plurality of wireless sensors using a Wi-Fi direct protocol. The second control unit is communicatively coupled to a second plurality of HVAC units, a second interactive display, and a second plurality of wireless sensors over a Wi-Fi network. The first control unit is operable to connect to the second control unit using the Wi-Fi direct protocol. Upon connecting to the second control unit, the first control unit switches communications with the first plurality of HVAC units, the first interactive display, and the first plurality of wireless sensors from the Wi-Fi direct protocol to the Wi-Fi network.

A system and a method use an application on a mobile device to transfer internet media content to a rendering device in a home network. The application may use an HTML rendering engine to display a web page to a user of the mobile device, and the web page may have controls for accessing the internet media content. The application may receive a user interaction signal which may indicate that a user invoked one of the controls for accessing the internet media content. In response, the application may initiate transfer of the internet media content to the rendering device in the home network and/or may queue the internet media content for later playback using the rendering device.

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, which enable processing to be performed by absorbing a protocol difference when data is exchanged using different protocols. A first processing unit that processes data with a first device that performs identification of content; and a second processing unit that processes data with a second device that performs reproduction of content, and processes data with the first processing unit, are provided. Identification of content is performed based on ACR (Automatic Content Recognition), for example, the first device is an ACR server, and the first processing unit is able to work as an ACR client that communicates with each of a plurality of ACR servers that performs ACR using a different protocol. The present technology is applicable to a protocol conversion gateway.