Dynamic provisioning of IoT devices from an online application marketplace

A computing system for provisioning a group of devices with control-group data defining one or more functional interrelationships between the devices of the group, the computing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one non-transitory data storage;
• program instructions stored in the at least one non-transitory data storage and executable by the at least one processor to cause the computing system to carry out operations including:
• providing a graphical user interface (GUI) defining an online application marketplace, wherein the GUI specifies a plurality of applications available for download, each of the applications including a different respective set of control-group data that defines a different respective set of one or more functional device interrelationships,
• receiving user input selecting a given one of the specified applications, the selected application defining a given set of control-group data that defines a given set of one or more functional device interrelationships, and
• responsive to the user input, (i) downloading the selected application and (ii) provisioning the devices of the group with the given set of control-group data of the downloaded application, wherein the provisioning establishes the given set of one or more functional device interrelationships between the devices of the group,
• wherein the given set of control-group data defines a placeholder for a controlling device to have a control relationship with at least one controlled device according to which the controlling device is to control operation of the at least one controlled device, and wherein the provisioning by the computing system the devices of the group with the given set of control-group data comprises selecting by the computing system a given controlling device whose identity is to be substituted for the placeholder in the given control-group data, wherein the selecting of the given controlling device is based on the given controlling device being located closer than another controlling device to the at least one controlled device.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by at least one processor to carry out operations for provisioning a group of devices with control-group data defining one or more functional interrelationships between the devices of the group, the operations comprising:

• providing a graphical user interface (GUI) defining an online application marketplace, wherein the GUI specifies a plurality of applications available for download, each of the applications including a different respective set of control-group data that defines a different respective set of one or more functional device interrelationships;
• receiving user input selecting a given one of the specified applications, the selected application defining a given set of control-group data that defines a given set of one or more functional device interrelationships;
• and
• responsive to the user input, (i) downloading the selected application and (ii) provisioning the devices of the group with the given set of control-group data of the downloaded application, wherein the provisioning establishes the given set of one or more functional device interrelationships between the devices of the group,
• wherein the given set of control-group data defines a placeholder for a controlling device to have a control relationship with at least one controlled device according to which the controlling device is to control operation of the at least one controlled device, and wherein the provisioning by the computing system the devices of the group with the given set of control-group data comprises selecting by the computing system a given controlling device whose identity is to be substituted for the placeholder in the given control-group data, wherein the selecting of the given controlling device is based on the given controlling device being located closer than another controlling device to the at least one controlled device.