GreenPeak Targeting MSOs at CES With Family@Home System-Level Smart Home System

GreenPeak will demonstrate at CES its Family@Home system that’s being tested by global service providers, it said Tuesday. The system comprises cloud intelligence, wireless connectivity and battery-powered sensors. Use cases for Family@Home include checking on door and window status, monitoring pets, managing temperature when not at home and being alerted to leaks from water-based appliances, GreenPeak said. The system, based on a self-learning algorithm with behavior pattern recognition, doesn’t require rule-based programming, and exceptions to behavior patterns are automatically reported, the company said. Intelligent status updates are shown on a dashboard app that generates alerts to homeowners when unexpected events occur, GreenPeak said. “The tech industry has been telling consumers that they need a Smart Home but, up until now, all they are being offered are connected devices -- creating a ‘house with sensors,’” GreenPeak CEO Cees Links said. The Family@Home application is an end-to-end system-level reference design that allows telecom operators and cable providers to complement current business offerings with smart home services that are robust, virtually maintenance-free, low cost and easy to install, Links said. The system works with Sensara’s cloud-based algorithm and analytics and interfaces to a cable system operator's billing and support system, GreenPeak said. It can be customized and branded to meet an operator's business and market requirements, it said. The model allows operators to offer smart home subscriptions at a low initial cost with an “attractive monthly fee,” allowing the provider to accelerate consumer acceptance and increase average revenue per user, it said.