Mobile communication device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for home automation

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for use with a mobile communication device including a plurality of wireless transceivers coupled to two or more antennas, the plurality of wireless transceivers including a Bluetooth transceiver, a long-range transceiver configured to send and receive telephone calls via a telephony network, and a Wi-Fi transceiver configured to communicate via an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 compatible network, a memory that stores operational instructions, a touch screen, a camera configured to generate still and video images, and a processor coupled to the memory, the camera and to the touch screen, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising operational instructions, which upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to:

• present a graphical user interface via the touch screen;
• generate pairing signals in response to interactions of a user via the graphical user interface to pair the mobile communication device to each of a plurality of home automation devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless transceivers responds to the pairing signals by pairing the mobile communication device with each of the plurality of home automation devices, wherein a device identifier associated with each of the plurality of home automation devices is shared with the mobile communication device during pairing, and wherein the plurality of home automation devices are each configured to control one of a plurality of auxiliary devices;
• select, in response to interactions of the user via the graphical user interface, names associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of auxiliary devices;
• display, via the graphical user interface, a menu that includes the names associated with the corresponding ones of the plurality of auxiliary devices;
• determine a selected home automation device of the plurality of home automation devices in response to selection from the menu via the graphical user interface, of one of the names associated with the corresponding ones of the plurality of auxiliary devices;
• generate first control data associated with the selected home automation device in response to interactions of the user via the graphical user interface, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless transceivers transmits the first control data to the selected home automation device, wherein, responsive to the first control data, the selected home automation device controls one of the plurality of auxiliary devices coupled thereto;
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• establish, in response to interactions of the user via the graphical user interface, a group of the plurality of home automation devices;
• generate second control data corresponding to the group in response to interactions of the user via the graphical user interface, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless transceivers transmits the second control data to control the plurality of auxiliary devices associated with the group of the plurality of home automation devices;
• establish tasks, in response to interactions of the user via the graphical user interface, the tasks each having an associated action to be performed by one or more of the plurality of home automation devices;
• display a menu of the tasks;
• receive selection of a selected task in response to interactions of the user via the graphical user interface;
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• generate third control data in response to selection of the selected task, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless transceivers transmits the third control data to the one or more of the plurality of home automation devices associated with the selected task to perform the associated action corresponding to the selected task.