Patent ID: 11962672
Assignee: ICONTROL NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
a premises management system located at a premises; and
a gateway device located at the premises and configured to communicate with the premises management system, wherein the gateway device is further configured to:
receive a command to generate a virtual device instance representing a premises device located at the premises;
store, based on the command, data indicative of the virtual device instance, wherein the virtual device instance facilitates integration of the premises device into the premises management system, and wherein the virtual device instance configures the gateway device to virtually manage the premises device via communication with a device server, located external to the premises, which manages the premises device; and
update the data indicative of the virtual device instance to indicate a change in state of the premises device.