Remote device control and energy monitoring by analyzing and applying rules

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• sending, by a client device and to a second system, a request (a) to alter a setting for a first device physically located at a property and (b) that is specific to a first profile from a plurality of profiles for the property;
• at least some profiles from the plurality of profiles i) indicating, for at least some devices from a plurality of devices physically located at the property that includes the first device, a corresponding set of permission data from a plurality of different sets of permission data and ii) having different sets of permission data for a second device from the plurality of devices physically located at the property;
• each set of permission data in the plurality of different sets of permission data indicating settings a) for a corresponding device from the plurality of devices physically located at the property and b) that can be adjusted based on a corresponding profile from the plurality of profiles;
• and
• in response to a determination by the second system to grant the request using a first set of permission data for the first profile and settings data identifying the setting for the first device physically located at the property:
• receiving a response indicating that the request to alter the setting for the first device was granted and the first device was instructed to alter the setting.

One or more non-transitory computer storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• sending, by a client device and to a second system, a request (a) to alter a setting for a first device physically located at a property and (b) that is specific to a first profile from a plurality of profiles for the property;
• at least some profiles from the plurality of profiles i) indicating, for at least some devices from a plurality of devices physically located at the property that includes the first device, a corresponding set of permission data from a plurality of different sets of permission data and ii) having different sets of permission data for a second device from the plurality of devices physically located at the property;
• each set of permission data in the plurality of different sets of permission data indicating settings a) for a corresponding device from the plurality of devices physically located at the property and b) that can be adjusted based on a corresponding profile from the plurality of profiles;
• and
• in response to a determination by the second system to grant the request using a first set of permission data for the first profile and settings data identifying the setting for the first device physically located at the property:
• receiving a response indicating that the request to alter the setting for the first device was granted and the first device was instructed to alter the setting.