Multi-Source Smart-Home Device Control

A method for integrating control of multiple cloud-based smart-home devices, the method comprising:

• receiving, by an application being executed by a mobile device, a first set of smart-home device registration information for a first smart-home device, wherein the first set of smart-home device registration information comprises a location;
• receiving, by the application being executed by the mobile device, a second set of smart-home device registration information for a second smart-home device, wherein the second set of smart-home device registration information comprises the location;
• determining, by the application being executed by the mobile device, that the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device share a common function and are both linked to the location;
• assigning the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device to a common operating characteristic group based on the common function being shared by the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device and both being located at the location;
• and
• presenting, within a touchscreen control interface of the application being executed by the mobile device, a first selectable control element and a second selectable control element that control smart-home devices within the common operating characteristic group, wherein:
• the first selectable control element and the second selectable control element are presented as part of the touchscreen control interface of the application;
• and
• the touchscreen control interface is configured such that the first selectable control element and the second selectable control element control the common function of the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device.