Controlling Devices Based on Sequence Prediction

A method for controlling a collection of devices in a local control environment, comprising:

• receiving signals produced by the collection of devices that describe a sequence of events that have occurred in operation of the collection of devices;
• storing the signals;
• determining a rule associated with the sequence of events using a machine-trained sequence-detection component (SDC), the SDC having a recurrent chain of units, one of the units in the chain identifying a next event in the sequence of events;
• determining whether the rule is viable;
• and
• if the rule is determined to be viable, sending control information to at least one device in the collection of devices, the control information instructing said at least one device to perform the next event that has been identified.

A computer-readable storage medium for storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by one or more hardware processor devices, performing a method that comprises:

• receiving signals produced by a collection of devices that describe a sequence of events that have occurred in operation of the collection of devices;
• storing the signals;
• determining a rule associated with the sequence of events using a machine-trained sequence-detection component (SDC), the rule identifying a next event in the sequence of events;
• determining whether the rule is viable;
• and
• if the rule is determined to be viable, sending control information to at least one device in the collection of devices based on the next event that has been identified,
• the control information governing behavior of said at least one device.