System and method for smart device management

A system for the management of networked devices, the system comprising:

• a plurality of device hubs, each adapted to utilize a device-specific control protocol to communicate with at least one networked device utilizing, and a device-specific interface protocol to communicate with a user interface;
• and
• a controller, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein:
• the memory stores information indicative of the device-specific interface protocols associated with the plurality of device hubs;
• and
• the at least one processor executing at least one process within a given operating system, the at least one processor adapted to:
• receive from a first device hub information encoded in accordance with a first device-specific interface protocol;
• receive from at least one other device hub information encoded in accordance with a device-specific interface that is different from the first device-specific interface protocol;
• identify the received device-specific interface protocols based, at least in part, on the information stored in the memory;
• convert the information received from the first device hub and from the at least one other device hub into information conforming to a format compatible with the at least one process executing within a given operating system;
• and
• process the converted information received from the first device hub based at least in part on the converted information received from the at least one other device hub.

A method for the management of networked devices in a system comprising:

• a plurality of device hubs, each adapted to utilize a device-specific control protocol to communicate with at least one networked device utilizing, and a device-specific interface protocol to communicate with a user interface;
• a user interface;
• and
• a controller, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein:
• the memory stores information indicative of the device-specific interface protocols associated with each of the plurality of device hubs;
• and
• the at least one processor executing at least one process within a given operating system;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• receiving from at least one of the plurality of device hubs information encoded in accordance with device-specific interface protocol;
• identifying the received device-specific interface protocol based, at least in part, on the information stored in the memory;
• converting the received information, encoded in accordance with device-specific interface protocol, into information conforming to a format compatible with the at least one process executing within a given operating system;
• and
• presenting information indicative of the converted received information upon the at least one user interface.

A method for the management of networked devices in a system comprising:

• a plurality of device hubs, each adapted to utilize a device-specific control protocol to communicate with at least one networked device utilizing, and a device-specific interface protocol to communicate with a user interface;
• and
• a controller, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein:
• the memory stores information indicative of the device-specific interface protocols associated with the plurality of device hubs;
• and
• the at least one processor executing at least one process within a given operating system;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• receiving from a first device hub information encoded in accordance with a first device-specific interface protocol;
• receiving from at least one other device hub information encoded in accordance with a device-specific interface that is different from the first device-specific interface protocol;
• identifying the received device-specific interface protocols based, at least in part, on the information stored in the memory;
• converting the information received from the first device hub and from the at least one other device hub into information conforming to a format compatible with the at least one process executing within a given operating system;
• and
• processing the converted information received from the first device hub based at least in part on the converted information received from the at least one other device hub.