Through the secure Internet connection, show attendees can view live video of the home's front door entrance and remotely monitor and control the lock, enabling a distant parent to let their children in after school or to remotely authorize entry by a repairman. The same Internet connection could also, for example, be used by the local utility company to interact with the LonWorks lighting system to deliver energy optimization and management services. In Sun Microsystems' exhibit, Internet access to GTE's Connected Family prototype home in Dallas, Texas, equipped with LonWorks products from Echelon, Hubbell, Leviton, Smart Controls Inc., and the SquareD Company, shows how a service provider can integrate LonWorks devices with Java and Jini technology to offer consumers exciting new services. Through an Internet connection and a Jini proxy based on Echelon's LNS network operating system, attendees at the 2000 CES can use Jini services to monitor and control light switches, electrical outlets, door locks, thermostats, circuit breakers, and security sensors in the Dallas home. The Oracle software provides wireless access to Web content, including the Jini services provided by LonWorks devices.
Echelon has a long-standing and growing commitment to the home networking industry.
ANSI and EIA have accepted our protocol as an open industry standard. As has been shown here at CES, our LonWorks system provides the connectivity to billions of everyday devices needed to drive the home networking industry to the next level. More than 1,500 exhibitors filling more than 1.1 million net square feet of exhibit space are showcasing their latest products and services to over 90,000 attendees at the 2000 International CES, the world's largest annual trade show for consumer technology. The 2000 CES is taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 6-9. About Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation is the developer of LonWorks networks, recognized internationally as a standard for open, interoperable control networks.