Distributed system of home device controllers

A home device controller comprising:

• a wireless communication interface connecting the home device controller with (i) a local network of home devices, and (ii) a distributed system of a plurality of home device controllers;
• an input mechanism coupled to one or more sensors;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory resources storing an instruction set that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the home device controller to:
• receive, on the input mechanism, inputs from a user to control a selected home device in the local network of the home device controller;
• generate a set of control commands based on the inputs;
• transmit the set of control commands to the selected home device for execution;
• and
• publish state data indicating a state of the selected home device, following execution of the set of control commands, to a message bus of the distributed system, the message bus being accessed by each of the plurality of home device controllers.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an instruction set that, when executed by one or more processors of a home device controller, causes the one or more processors to:

• receive, on an input mechanism of the home device controller, inputs from a user to control a selected home device in a local network of one or more home devices connected to the home device controller;
• generate a set of control commands based on the inputs;
• transmit the set of control commands to the selected home device for execution;
• and
• publish data indicating a state of the selected home device, following execution of the set of control commands, to a message bus of a distributed system comprising a plurality of home device controllers.