FACILITATED USE OF HETEROGENEOUS HOME-AUTOMATION EDGE COMPONENTS
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- home-automation edge-component interfaces;
a control circuit operably coupled to the home-automation edge-component interfaces, wherein the control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components where at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with one another.
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Abstract
A control circuit operably couples to a plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces. This control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components where at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with one another.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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home-automation edge-component interfaces; a control circuit operably coupled to the home-automation edge-component interfaces, wherein the control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components where at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A home-automation manager configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of heterogeneous home-automation edge components, the home automation manager comprising:
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an applications interface; a memory having information stored pertaining to the plurality of heterogeneous home-automation edge components; a plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces; a control circuit operably coupled to the applications interface, the memory, and the plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces and configured to compatibly effect home-automation instructions by using the plurality of heterogeneous home-automation edge components. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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