Patent ID: 8667100

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a user premises device management system, a first signal from a first user premises device indicative of a condition associated with the first user premises device; receiving, at the user premises device management system, a second signal from a second user premises device indicative of a condition associated with the second user premises device; determining, by the user premises device management system, a rule based on the condition associated with the first user premises device and the condition associated with the second user premises device, wherein the rule associates the condition indicated in the first signal and the condition indicated in the second signal to a modification to an operation parameter of a third user premises device different from the first user premises device and the second user premises device, wherein the modification to the operation parameter of the third user premises device is different from the condition associated with the first user premises device and is different from the condition associated with the second user premises device; accessing device permissions for the third user premises device, wherein the device permissions specify whether the operation parameter of the third user premises device is modifiable by other devices; and generating and transmitting, by the user premises device management system, a third signal to the third user premises device, wherein the third signal comprises an instruction to modify the operation parameter of the third user premises device in accordance with the rule.