Noah Harlan, Founder of Two Bulls, gave this presentation at the AllSeen Alliance's Partner Programme at Mobile World Congress 2015. About Two Bulls: Two Bulls is Community Member of the AllSeen Alliance that works with some of the world’s top brands and innovative startups in designing and developing apps, services, products and ecosystems for mobile, desktop and emerging platforms. Its apps have been downloaded millions of times by users around the world. Noah Harlan, Two Bulls Founder, shares his thoughts on being a part of the Alliance, the road to interoperability and the importance of open source in realizing the Internet of Everything.

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Developing
Interoperable IoT
Controls
Founder, Two Bulls
March 4th, 2015
NOAH HARLAN

2. D E V E L O P I N G I N T E R O P E R A B L E
I o T C O N T R O L S
@noahharlan @two_bulls @AllSeenAlliance

3. @noahharlanB A C K G R O U N D : I O T
The Internet of Things = IoT
IoT is the world of objects when they are
connected to networks.
Network access means objects can both
communicate and be controlled.
Connected objects can be simple (light bulbs), complex
(cars), personal (wristwatches), public (traffic lights) or
industrial (forklift).

4. @noahharlanT H E E C O S Y S T E M
Pain: Cross-Platform/OEM Interoperability
Solution: Standards Protocols!
Pain: managing large volumes of deployed devices.
Solution: Platform as a Service Deployment Management

5. @noahharlanA L L J O Y N A N D T H E A L L S E E N A L L I A N C E
Qualcomm created AllJoyn as a standard communication
protocol for IoT devices.
In December 2013, Qualcomm open sourced AllJoyn
through the AllSeen Alliance so OEMs could coordinate
on technical standards.
AllJoyn has since become the first widely adopted IoT
industry standard with 122 members led by Electrolux, Haier,
LG, Microsoft, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Sharp, Silicon Image,
Sony, Technicolor, TP-Link, and - of course - Two Bulls!
AllJoyn

6. @noahharlanT H E P R O B L E M : I O T S T A N D A R D P R O T O C O L S B A T T L E
Each may have a place, but openness is the future.
A S A M P L E O F C U R R E N T I O T P R O T O C O L S:
STANDARDS OEM - SPECIFIC NICHE-SPECIFIC
AllJoyn Belkin WeMo Carvoyant
IoTivity Google Nest Fitbit
Home Kit Philips Hue EnOcean

7. @noahharlanT H E E C O S Y S T E M
Devices are talking to each other, but no one is
coordinating the conversation.
Users are acquiring devices but onboarding and
interacting is painful, utility is low.
Pain: Cross-Platform/OEM Interoperability
Solution: AllJoyn!
Pain: User Interface overload & confusion

8. @noahharlanT H E P R O B L E M
Currently each brand requires a dedicated app to control
its devices or even a dedicated app for each device.
You shouldn’t have a Philips app for
your Philips light bulbs and an LG app
for your LG light bulbs.
You shouldn’t have to pull out your phone
and open an app every time you want to
open your garage door.
You shouldn’t be forced to buy an Apple
approved refrigerator simply because you
have an iPhone.

9. B L A S T F R O M T H E P A S T

10. How it all connects

11. @noahharlanM E E T H I G G N S
Higgns is your interface with the
Internet of Things.
Higgns seamlessly translates
your needs into orchestrated
technical commands.
Higgns works across manufacturers
and standards creating interoperability
where none existed.
Higgns can control all your lights at once
and have them respond to the rest of your
environment. Watching a movie? Dim all the
lights in the living room and switch the
stereo to movie mode. Without opening an
app.
Higgns can have your garage door open
when you start your car. Without opening
an app.

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IoT is a massively distributed
computing environment.
Higgns is not an app
Latency, security, and scalability are
critical issues.
Persistence in environments is as
important as passing between them.
W H E R E I T I S
Higgns is control, distributed.
Apps, The Cloud, and the Proximal Network Topology

14. DEMO

15. Q & A

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