User Configuration Mechanism for Internet-of-Things (IOT)

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for configuring operation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, the instruction when executed by a processor causing the processor to:

• display, by a first computing device, a user interface screen including a first graphical user interface element representing a first IoT element;
• detect an action associated with the first graphical user interface element by a user to create or modify a rule defining operation or state of the first IoT element relative to at least a second IoT element;
• send action information indicating the action performed by the user from the first computing device to a second computing device to cause the second computing device to create or modify the rule stored in the second computing device;
• and
• display, by the first computing device, creating or modifying of the rule.

A first computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, the instructions when executed causing a processor to:
• display, by the first computing device, a user interface screen including a first graphical user interface element representing a first IoT element;
• detect an action associated with the first graphical user interface element by a user to create or modify a rule defining operation or state of the first IoT element relative to at least a second IoT element;
• send action information indicating the action performed by the user from the first computing device to a second computing device to cause the second computing device to create or modify the rule stored in the second computing device;
• and
• display, by the first computing device, creating or modifying of the rule.