METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING SMART ENVIRONMENT DEVICES VIA APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACES

• Main Authors: FISHER Evan Jarman, HESTER Todd, LYONS James, TAN Leon, KORTZ Samuel W, DUBMAN Alexander, HU Gregory J, PI-SUNYER Carles, SURYA Amanda, HORTON David, REDDY Prashant Papiahgari, KARP Igor, BOROSS Christopher Anthony, MATSUOKA Yoky, BOETTCHER Jesse, STESIN Lev, MALHOTRA Mark, THELEN Aubrey, MCBRIDE Mark Andrew, SOUCIE Mike, ENWALL Tim
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.07.2017
• Subjects: AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; BLASTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; RANGES; REGULATING; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; VENTILATING; WEAPONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Systems and Methods disclosed herein relate to providing a message to an application programming interface (API). The message includes a request for data from a data model, a submission of data to the data model, or both; and a host selection between: a representational state transfer (REST) host and a subscription-based application programming interface (API) host, wherein the REST host receives REST-based messages and the subscription-based API host receives messages in accordance with a standard of the subscription-based API host; wherein the request for data, the submission of data, or both are configured to create, delete, modify, or any combination thereof data related to a smart-device environment structure, a thermostat, a hazard detector, or any combination thereof stored in a data model accessible by the API.