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- An Open Specification: Open Connectivity Foundation
- An Open Source Implementation for OCF members: IoTivity
- A membership driven certification program: OCF certification
We analyzed a wide variety of Connected OCF's initial efforts to venture into the Connected Vehicle space involved analysis of the Connected Vehicle – Smart Home crossover use cases based on consumer interests and strategy reports. We also took a look at the contemporary demonstrations shown in trade shows. We Based on the above, we consolidated the list of use cases to , under the following broad categories.
- Home Energy Management
- Security System Interaction
- Vehicle Location
- Smart Home device status
- Vehicle Control from Smart Device
- Smart Device Control from Vehicle
- Electric Vehicle Time-of-Use Charging
- Entertainment
- Third party application service integrations based on the above use cases
While most of these use cases are realized through closed collaborative efforts, Samsung Open Source Group and Jaguar Land Rover Open Source Technology Center, followed an open collaboration model under the Genivi Alliance Incubator projects initiative. We Using completely open source software and commodity off-the-shelf hardware, we were able to realize the use cases in bold, with minimal resources and a short duration.
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We understood that, for an IoT ecosystem to flourish, the architecture should be flexible enough for the key stakeholders to bring in their value proposition and make it easy for consumption by the rest of the ecosystem. Early adopters stand to gain significantly in such an ecosystem play and this typically tends to create ecosystem mono/duo polies. From the beginning our goal was to identify the key stakeholders of the IoT ecosystem and provide an architecture that helps them integrate their existing solutions/software stacks, with as little friction as possible. We identified the following limited roles and expectations.
| Role | Responsibilities | Expectations |
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Service Provider (Cloud, Web, Network) | Hosts the web service infrastructure backbone Provides access via API and AppsEnable authenticated access to the infra. | Extending service into the IoT network. Minimal/No changes in existing workflows. More user engagement from multiple sources. |
| Customers | Consume Services & use IoT Devices Provide credentials for privacy and security | Zero/Minimal Setup overhead Ease of Use of Products & Services Cost and Time savings with more personalization. New experiences in doing day to day activities. |
| Application Developers | Innovate and delight customers with New {Web services & IoT devices} Apps | Maximize Asset Reuse Simpler development New revenue streams |
| Auto makers & Tier 1 | Manufacture at Scale Compliance to standards (where applicable) | Increased user adoption Feature Differentiation |
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