Patent ID: 7590703
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A process of operating an automation system in a Web Service environment, comprising: providing at least one client and at least one device, the at least one client and the at least one device configured with a web services for devices (WSD) stack; connecting a network comprising at least one server configured with the WSD stack to the at least one client and the at least one device; transmitting automation-based control and communication between the at least one client and at least one device; and connecting a set top box between the network and at least one of the clients and providing the client coupled thereto with a user interface for controlling the devices, wherein the at least one device comprises an audio system, a video system, an intercom system, a lighting system, a security system, a link, and a HVAC system, and wherein the WSD stack comprises: