Social Networking of the Smart Home
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The document discusses the integration of social networking into smart home technology, emphasizing the concept of web-based smart homes that allow sharing and controlling devices through social relationships. It outlines a system architecture utilizing restful web services and highlights the potential for enhancing user interaction with home appliances via platforms like Facebook. The conclusion suggests that the web of things is becoming a reality, offering flexibility and interoperability in smart home practices.
Social Networking of the Smart Home
- 1. Social Networking of the Smart Home Andreas Kamilaris, Andreas Pitsillides Networks Research Laboratory, University of Cyprus
- 2. Motivation University of Cyprus Embedded Computing... ... merged with Physical Objects Introduction of Information Appliances!
- 3. Motivation University of Cyprus • New possibilities for Smart Homes...
- 4. Motivation University of Cyprus • The Web of Things. • Reuse of well accepted Web principles. • Embedding Web servers on physical things. • Representational State Transfer (REST). • RESTful, open API. • Extending Web mashups into physical mashups. • Towards Web-based Smart Homes...
- 5. Motivation University of Cyprus • Two thirds of global Internet Population visits Social Networking Sites (SNS). • Facebook has more than 400 million active users! Social networking has become a fundamental part of the global online experience. The Web 2.0 is a social Web!
- 6. Core Idea University of Cyprus • What about sharing devices between people? • A Web-based Smart Home with Social Behavior. • Web Mashups with SNS. • Extend social relationships between people to social relationships with physical devices. • Use of REST.
- 7. System Architecture University of Cyprus • Monitor the environmental conditions of the Smart Home. • Energy awareness and control through Smart Metering. • Social Integration of the Smart Home.
- 8. System Architecture University of Cyprus RESTful Web Services. Restlet Web Framework for Java. 6LoWPAN in TinyOS, based on blip. Resource URI REST Method Parameters Values Return Value Temperature GET - - text/plain Humidity GET - - text/plain Illumination GET - - text/plain Leds PUT color Red,Green,Blue text/plain Electricity GET - - application/json Switch PUT state On,Off text/plain
- 9. Web Mashups through Facebook University of Cyprus
- 10. Discovering Home Appliances University of Cyprus The URL points to a WADL service description file.
- 11. Sharing Home Appliances University of Cyprus • Facebook group SocialFamily.
- 12. Controlling Home Appliances University of Cyprus
- 13. A Pub/Sub Mechanism University of Cyprus
- 14. Concluding Remarks University of Cyprus • The Web of Things is a reality. • Web-based Smart Homes is a promising practice. • Web Mashups with physical devices. • Flexibility, simplicity, security, interoperability, even sharing. • Social API?
- 15. Thanks for your attention! Contact Details: Andreas Kamilaris (camel9@gmail.com)