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TL;DR: In this paper, a control hub and a method of operating the control hub are presented, where the hub/method receives instructions remotely, identifies one of a plurality of appliances as an intended recipient of the instruction, translates the instruction into a format readable to the one of the appliances, and sends the translated instruction to the other appliances identified as the intended recipient via one of one or more communication mechanisms.
Abstract: A control hub and method of operating the control hub are presented. The hub/method receives instructions remotely, and for each instruction, identifies one of a plurality of appliances as an intended recipient of the instruction, translates the instruction into a format readable to the one of the plurality of appliances, and sends the translated instruction to the one of the plurality of appliances identified as the intended recipient of the instruction via one of one or more communication mechanisms of the control hub.

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