Connected device rights management administration

An automation rights management system, comprising:

• a memory device to store computer readable instructions thereon;
• and
• a computing device configured, through execution of the computer readable instructions, to:
• receive credential data and status data from a client device for a user;
• identify a role associated with the user based on the credential data;
• identify a right to access at least one function of a plurality of automation devices installed at and associated with different rental units at a managed residential property based on an evaluation of the credential data, the role, and the status data against an access control rule associated with the user for automation management;
• determine a group of the plurality of automation devices for which the user has the right to access the at least one function of the plurality of automation devices as a logical group;
• identify a constraint against access to at least one other function of the plurality of automation devices based on an evaluation of the credential data, the role, and the status data against the access control rule associated with the user for automation management;
• and
• adapt a user interface on the client device to collectively administer the at least one function for the group of the plurality of automation devices as the logical group.

A method for automation rights management, comprising:

• receiving credential data from a client device for a user;
• identifying, by at least one computing device, a right to access at least one function of a plurality of automation devices installed at and associated with different rental units at a managed residential property based on an evaluation of the credential data against an access control rule associated with the user for automation management;
• determining a group of the plurality of automation devices for which the user has the right to access the at least one function of the plurality of automation devices as a logical group;
• adapting, by the at least one computing device, a user interface on the client device to collectively administer the at least one function for the group of the plurality of automation devices as the logical group;
• capturing, by the at least one computing device, automation management instructions from the client device through the user interface;
• and
• transmitting, by the at least one computing device, automation data associated with the at least one function to the group of the plurality of automation devices based on the automation management instructions.