News

5/8/2003

Smarthome Launches Web-Based Home Automation Service

SmarthomeLive Allows Users to Control Home Devices, View and Monitor Home, Family and Valuables via Internet

Smarthome, Inc., the world's leading provider of home automation products and personal gadgets, today announced SmarthomeLive, a home automation service allowing users to view and monitor their homes, control a variety of home electronics as well as receive alerts from motion-detection and other monitoring devices via any Web browser in the world.

By installing a software application on their home PC and owning the necessary home automation products, SmarthomeLive users with access to any Internet-ready PC, cell phone or PDA can:

- Receive alerts via e-mail or text message that their children have arrived home safely after school;

- Monitor childcare providers or elderly family members living alone;

- Remotely control home lighting, pool and spas, thermostats, home entertainment systems, appliances, etc. in real-time;

- Remotely feed pets and check-up on them while on vacation or away for the day;

- Receive alerts when motion is detected near secured areas with valuables or dangerous areas such as a pool;

- Be immediately notified when problems occur with plumbing or temperatures exceed or fall below pre-determined limits;

- Receive alerts when a service person arrives, unlock the door and monitor the service person while they are inside the home;

- Set TiVo or VCR to record selected TV programs remotely.

"For less than $10 a month, SmarthomeLive offers consumers a simple and inexpensive way to remotely control home electronics and monitor their home, family and valuables," said Matt Dean, vice president of sales and marketing for Smarthome, Inc.

"SmarthomeLive is the first home automation service to incorporate real-time monitoring of the home, control of devices within the home in addition to sending users an alert when something occurs in the home outside the norm," Dean said.

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