Methods And Apparatus For Exploiting Interfaces Smart Environment Device Application Program Interfaces

Abstract

A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising instructions to obtain an estimated time of arrival for an occupant of a household; calculate a transition time to reach a desired temperature of the occupant from a current ambient temperature within the household; if, the estimated time of arrival is less than or equal to the transition time, activate a transition to the desired temperature; otherwise if the estimated time of arrival is greater than the transition time, do not activate the transition.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A method for controlling a smart-home lighting device, the method comprising:
 receiving, by an application, an audible cue from a user that corresponds to a command to control the smart-home lighting device;   converting the audible cue into a device request message to command the smart-home lighting device;   forwarding the device request message to an application programming interface (API) server that is effective to cause the API server to:
 update a data model based on the device request message; and 
 send the command to the smart-home lighting device via an update signal communicated to the smart-home lighting device that causes the smart-home lighting device to perform an action. 
   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , comprising:
 receiving, by the application, one or more device status parameters of the smart-home lighting device via an API of the API server.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the data model comprises information related to one or more smart-home devices including the smart-home lighting device, one or more smart-device environment structures comprising the smart-devices, or both. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the audible cue sets a value of a parameter of the smart-home lighting device. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the parameter of the smart home lighting device is one of: a light setting, a dim state of one or more lights, activating lighting, deactivating lighting, or a lighting color. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the audible cue sets an operational mode of the smart-home lighting device. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the operation mode is an occupancy mode, and wherein the occupancy mode comprises a home mode and an away mode. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 2 , comprising
 receiving, by the application, an indication of crossing a geo-fence boundary that corresponds to another command to control the smart-home lighting device;   converting the indication of crossing a geo-fence boundary into another device request message to command the smart-home lighting device;   forwarding the other device request message to the application programming interface (API) server that is effective to cause the API server to:
 update the data model based on the other device request message; and 
 send the other command to the smart-home lighting device via another update signal communicated to the smart-home lighting device that causes the smart-home lighting device to perform another action. 
   
     
     
         10 . A system comprising:
 an application programming interface (API) server; and   an electronic device configured to:
 receive an audible cue from a user that corresponds to a command to control a smart-home lighting device; 
 convert the audible cue into a device request message to command the smart-home lighting device; and 
 forward the device request message to the API server that is effective to cause the API server to:
 update a data model based on the device request message; and 
 send the command to the smart-home lighting device via an update signal communicated to the smart-home lighting device that causes the smart-home lighting device to perform an action. 
 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , the electronic device configured to:
 receive one or more device status parameters of the smart-home lighting device via an API of the API server.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the data model comprises information related to one or more smart-home devices including the smart-home lighting device, one or more smart-device environment structures comprising the smart-devices, or both. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the audible cue sets a value of a parameter of the smart-home lighting device. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the audible cue sets an operational mode of the smart-home lighting device. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the operation mode is an occupancy mode, and wherein the occupancy mode comprises a home mode and an away mode. 
     
     
         16 . One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions to:
 receive an audible cue from a user that corresponds to a command to control a smart-home lighting device;   convert the audible cue into a device request message to command the smart-home lighting device; and   forward the device request message to an application programming interface (API) server that is effective to cause the API server to:
 update a data model based on the device request message; and 
 send the command to the smart-home lighting device via an update signal communicated to the smart-home lighting device that causes the smart-home lighting device to perform an action. 
   
     
     
         17 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , comprising instructions to receive one or more device status parameters of the smart-home device via an API of the API server. 
     
     
         18 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the data model comprises information related to one or more smart-home devices including the smart-home lighting device, one or more smart-device environment structures comprising the smart-devices, or both. 
     
     
         19 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the audible cue sets a value of a parameter of the smart-home lighting device. 
     
     
         20 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein the parameter of the smart home lighting device is one of: a light setting, a dim state of one or more lights, activating lighting, deactivating lighting, or a lighting color. 
     
     
         21 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the audible cue sets an operational mode of the smart-home lighting device, wherein the operation mode is an occupancy mode, and wherein the occupancy mode comprises a home mode and an away mode.