Patent ID: 7308321

Claim:
A home environment managing system for managing home environment values for a plurality of house automation systems located at a plurality of different locations, the home environment managing system being coupled to each house automation system through a Universal Remote Console device, and comprising: means for acquiring a plurality of reference sets of home environment values for a user from the plurality of house automation systems; means for storing each of the plurality of reference sets in a normalized format, wherein the storing means can be carried by the user between the plurality of different locations; means for restoring at least one reference set of home environment values for the user at at least one of the house automation systems; and translation means for converting each of the plurality of reference sets of home environment values into a normalized set in an acquisition mode and for converting a normalized set of home environment values into the at least one reference set in a restore mode; wherein the user can apply, at any of the plurality of different locations, a respective reference set of home environment values stored in the storage means.