System and method of monitoring, control and configuration of security and lifestyle devices

摘要

A social networking site that communicates with a plurality of human users can also communicate with a plurality of non-human users. Information from one of the non-human users can be automatically received at the site and evaluated. Commands can be automatically transmitted to another of the non-human users in response to the evaluation. A human readable indicator can be posted at a page of the site.

主权项

1. A combination comprising:
a plurality of non-human communicators; and a social networking site which can respond to inquiries and information from a plurality of human communicators and transmit information to at least one member of the plurality of non-human communicators and wherein communications from nonhuman communicators can be presented to human communicators as text messages in the respective context and which includes circuitry and executable instructions to receive and evaluate information from one of the non-human communicators through the site, and transmit commands in response thereto to a different one of the nonhuman communicators through the site wherein the non-human communicators are each perceived by the human communicators as another user of the social networking site and wherein the text messages and commands are exchanged with the non-human communicators within portions of a respective page of the social networking site.