Smart-home automation system that suggests or automatically implements selected household policies based on sensed observations

A system for performing device restriction, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• access a device restriction policy, wherein the device restriction policy links one or more portions of a household with particular household occupants of a plurality of household occupants;
• receive a request to activate the device restriction policy on a household occupant of the plurality of household occupants;
• activate the device restriction policy against the household occupant based on the received request, recognition of the household occupant and capabilities of one or more electronic devices within the household;
• cause location monitoring of the household occupant to be performed to determine where the household occupant is presently located in response to activating the device restriction policy against the household occupant based on the received request;
• restrict usage of the one or more electronic devices in a portion of the household that the household occupant is presently occupying based on the received request and the device restriction policy;
• and
• deactivate one or more lights in the one or more portions of the household linked with the household occupant, based on the device restriction policy.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

• access a device restriction policy, wherein the device restriction policy links one or more portions of a household with particular household occupants of a plurality of household occupants;
• receive a request to activate the device restriction policy on a household occupant of the plurality of household occupants;
• activate the device restriction policy against the household occupant based on the received request, recognition of the household occupant and capabilities of one or more electronic devices within the household;
• cause location monitoring of the household occupant to be performed to determine where the household occupant is presently occupying in response to activating the device restriction policy against the household occupant based on the received request;
• restrict usage of the one or more electronic devices in a portion of the household that the household occupant is presently located based on the received request and the device restriction policy;
• and
• deactivate one or more lights in the one or more portions of the household linked with the household occupant, based on the device restriction policy.