Methods and apparatus to facilitate end-user defined policy management

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause processor circuitry to:

• based on addition of a first device to a network, retrieve a model identifier of the first device, the model identifier corresponding to a device type;
• determine whether a data structure has previously been populated for a second device corresponding to the device type;
• based on determining that the data structure has previously been populated for the second device, control the first device based on first parameters of the data structure;
• based on determining that the data structure has not previously been populated for the second device, cause access to storage based on the model identifier of the first device, to determine second parameters associated with the device type, the second parameters associated with control of devices of the device type;
• populate the data structure for the first device with the second parameters associated with the device type;
• and
• cause control of the first device based on the second parameters associated with the device type.

An apparatus comprising:

• memory;
• instructions;
• and
• processor circuitry to execute the instructions to at least:
• retrieve a model identifier of a first device on a network, the model identifier corresponding to a device type;
• determine whether a data structure has previously been populated for a second device corresponding to the device type;
• based on determining that the data structure has previously been populated for the second device, control the first device based on first parameters of the data structure;
• based on determining that the data structure has not previously been populated for the second device, cause access to storage based on the device type to determine second parameters associated with the device type, the second parameters associated with control of devices of the device type;
• populate the data structure for the first device with the second parameters associated with the device type;
• and
• cause control of the first device based on the second parameters associated with the device type.

A method comprising:

• based on addition of a first device to a network, retrieving a model identifier of the first device, the model identifier corresponding to a type of the first device;
• determining, by executing an instruction with processor circuitry, whether a data structure has previously been populated for a second device corresponding to the type of the first device;
• based on determining that the data structure has previously been populated for the second device, controlling, by executing an instruction with the processor circuitry, the first device based on first parameters of the data structure;
• based on determining that the data structure has not previously been populated for the second device, accessing, by executing an instruction with the processor circuitry, a database based on the model identifier of the first device to determine second parameters associated with devices of the type, the second parameters associated with control of devices of the type;
• populating, by executing an instruction with the processor circuitry, the data structure for the first device with the second parameters associated with devices of the type;
• and
• controlling the first device based on the second parameters associated with devices of the type.