Home automation system and method

A system for configuring a device state comprising:

• a database for storing device state data for a controllable device;
• a server coupled to the database, the server comprising,
• a first server interface to send user interface (UI) data from the server to a client device;
• a second server interface to receive user input data representing a user input to the UI from the client device at the server to configure the device state data in the database in accordance with the user input data;
• and
• a third server interface to send the configured device state data from the server to the client device.

A method of configuring a device state of a home automation controllable device in an IPTV network, comprising:

• obtaining at a client device, device state data for a plurality of controllable devices associated with the client device;
• sending the device state data to a control server;
• sending user input data from the client device to an IPTV server for configuring the device state data in a database in accordance with the user input data;
• receiving from the IPTV server at the client device, user interface (UI) data representing the configured device state data;
• and
• displaying the UI data representing the device state data at the client device.

A system for configuring a device state of a home automation controllable device comprising:

• a communication link providing communication to the controllable device;
• a client device in communication with the link to the controllable device, the client device, the client device comprising:
• a memory having a data base;
• a processor, coupled to the data base;
• a first processor interface to receive user interface (UI) data at the client device from a first server;
• a second processor interface to send data representing a user input to an UI from the client device to the first server to configure device state data in a database at a second server in accordance with the user input;
• a third processor interface to receive the configured device state data from the second server at the client device.

A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer perform a method for interacting with a controllable device in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system, comprising:

• receiving at a control server, device state data for the controllable device from a first client device in the IPTV network;
• accessing user interface (UI) data from a database at the control server;
• representing the device state data in the UI at the control server;
• and
• sending the UI data representing the device state data from an IPTV server to the first client device.

A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer perform A method of configuring a device state of a home automation controllable device in an IPTV network, comprising:

• obtaining at a client device, device state data for a plurality of controllable devices associated with the client device;
• sending the device state data to a control server;
• sending user input data from the client device to an IPTV server for configuring the device state data in a database in accordance with the user input data;
• receiving from the IPTV server at the client device, user interface (UI) data representing the configured device state data;
• and
• displaying the UI data at the client device.