MANAGING A HOME AREA NETWORK
Managing a home area network is described herein. One method includes receiving operating information associated with a device in a home area network, and determining a profile associated with the device based, at least in part, on the operating information.
1 . A computer-implemented method for managing a home area network, comprising:
receiving operating information associated with a device in a home area network; and
determining a profile associated with the device based, at least in part, on the operating information.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating information associated with the device includes operating information exchanged between the device and an energy service interface, wherein the exchange is associated with a registration of the device with the energy service interface and the operating information associated with the device is received from the energy service interface.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating information is received from the device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes:
sending a device attributes request to the device; and
receiving operating information in response to the device attributes request.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes:
sending a service discovery application query to the device; and
receiving the operating information in response to the service discovery application query.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the profile includes a participation status of the device in the home area network.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the profile includes a firmware version associated with the device.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes displaying the profile.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes communicating the profile to an additional device.
10 . A system for managing a home area network, comprising:
a first device in a home area network; and
a second device in the home area network and configured to:
manage the home area network;
store an identification of a firmware version associated with the first device and an identification of a firmware version associated with the second device; and
store a participation status of the first device in the home area network and a participation status of the second device in the home area network.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the second device is configured to display the firmware version associated with the second device and the participation status of the second device in the home area network.
12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the second device is configured to display the firmware version associated with the first device.
13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the second device is configured to communicate the firmware version associated with the second device to the first device.
14 . A system for managing a home area network, comprising:
a home area network device; and
a gateway device configured to:
receive a profile associated with the home area network device; and
communicate the profile to an additional device.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device is configured to receive the profile upon registration of the home area network device with the gateway device.
16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device is configured to send a request for the profile to the home area network device.
17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device includes a user interface configured to display the profile.
18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the additional device is a browser-enabled device.
19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device is configured to communicate the profile to the home area network device.
20 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device is configured to:
monitor an upgrade of the profile associated with the home area network device; and
provide a notification associated with the upgrade.