Not another *$#@ app: How to avoid IoT fatigue

IOTAConf - Oct 21, 2014 - San Francisco, California

Ramin Firoozye @raminf

Today

Connected Devices

1 App = 1 Device

SmartThings Nest August Lock FitBit

Tomorrow(Not too distant)

How do we avoid it?

Root cause:1 App = 1 Device

How do they Communicate?

Common Wireless Interfaces

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth LE BLE

Firmware• On device

• Hardware • Logic • Communication

Application

• On phone • UI/UX • Communication • Internet

• GATT • Services • Characteristics • Notifications

Unlock Door

Lock Status

Unlock Door

UUID: 9D6AB48C-2586-40AA-AF0C-603BC2104B37

Value: 1

UUID: 116E5AEA-FB61-476F-82DA-ACA537042520

Value: 0

Lock Status

Firmware• On device

• Hardware • Logic • Communication

Application

• On phone • UI/UX • Communication • Internet

Baked-in Protocol

1 App = 1 Device

Silo

Silo

1 App = 1 Device

Device-specific protocol

Inevitably leading to…

How do we avoid it?

Decoupling

Protocol Registry

1. Detect Device

2. Look up protocol on Web

3. Communicate

Decoupling

Benefits

Protocol Registry

1. Detect Device

2. Look up protocol on Web

3. Communicate

#1: Flexible Communications

#2: Common SDK for all devices

SDK

Protocol Registry

Web

Bluetooth LE

#3: Public APIs

Protocol Registry

#4: X-Platform

Protocol Registry

#5: Generate Firmware

Protocol Registry

That doesn’t solve the whole problem

Problem #2

Buy Device

Install App

Run App

Next• Week • Month • Year

?

there is an existing solution

Turns out…

Bluetooth Proximity

Automatic App Launch

Detect

Launch

iOS: iBeacon Android: service

Problem #3

Many Apps

One AppWe want

Application

• On phone • UI/UX • Communication • Internet

• User Interface • Screen Workflow • Device Communication • Internet • Storage • Analytics • Timers • Addressbook/Calendar • Video/Audio • GPS • Accelerometer • Push Notifications • Protocol Registry

In Reality

Buy Device

Install App

Run App

Buy Device

Install App

Run App

App acquisition model

Install Apps

Streamable Apps

Streamable Apps?

web appsAren’t they

Web App aren’t native

• User Interface • Screen Workflow • Device Communication • Internet • Storage • Analytics • Timers • Addressbook/Calendar • Video/Audio • GPS • Accelerometer • Push Notifications • Protocol Registry

• User Interface • Screen Workflow • Device Communication • Internet • Storage • Analytics • Timers • Addressbook/Calendar • Video/Audio • GPS • Accelerometer • Push Notifications • Protocol Registry

Native

• User Interface • Screen Workflow • Device Communication • Internet • Storage • Analytics • Timers • Addressbook/Calendar • Video/Audio • GPS • Accelerometer • Push Notifications • Protocol Registry

Web

Streamable Native Apps

We need…

Wat!

• Markup • Script • Stream from Web • But native

HTML ++

Post-HTML

Super-Mega- HTML

Or something completely different…

Stream from web

Talk to Devices

Native

Let’s assume we can do this

One App

1 App = Any Device

Buy Device

Install App

Run App

Streaming: Dynamic install

Proximity: Automatic launch

Protocol Registry: Talk to any device

Silo

Tomorrow(Not too distant)

Tomorrow(Not too distant)

We get…

Any Device

Approach

It. Just. Works.

Not another *$#@ app: How to avoid IoT fatigue

Q&ARamin Firoozye

@raminf

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