Table 1 IoT use cases

Configure access and permissions

Allows the application owner or the administrator, to set the access rights for users, teams or roles.

Administrator

∙ Manage users, teams & roles

∙ Access configuration

∙ Permission configuration

∙ Visualize information

Interact with devices

Allows the user to send a set of operations to the devices, which are in charge to perform them.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Send operations

∙ Manage routines

Manage devices

Allows the user to manage and configure the devices which belong to the system.

Administrator

∙ Include devices in the system

∙ Remove devices from system

∙ Manage categories

∙ Include devices to categories

∙ Assign a location

Manage wait for signal

Allows the user to connect the terminal to the network and start listening to the devices of that network.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Activate wait for signal

∙ Deactivate wait for signal

Manage notifications

Allows the user to receive the notifications coming from different devices directly or through an external system.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Visualize notification

∙ Save notification

∙ Delete notification

Search devices

Allows the user to search for devices already registered to the system, belonging to the local or to external networks.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Search a specific device

∙ Search devices by category

∙ Search devices by criteria

Store information

Defines how the system can store the information gathered by different devices about the environment or the state of the devices.

Administrator

∙ Store locally the information

∙ Store externally the info

∙ Store in a device the info

Retrieve stored information

Allows the user to retrieve information stored in the terminal or in an external system.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Local information retrieval

∙ External information retrieval

Get information from devices

Allows the user to request information to the devices of the network.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Get information from devices associated to the application

∙ Get information from devices associated to the external system

∙ Get information from devices of the same network

Visualize information

Allow the user to visualize the information related to or produced by devices in different ways.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Display information

Share information

Allow the user to share information through a communication channel with other users or systems.

Administrator performer viewer

∙ Share information