My Smart Remote: A Smart Home Management Solution for Children

In this study, a concept is presented that extends the My Remote previous project to a smart home solution, or the My Smart Remote. The concept extends its management capabilities for children's lives in the home, while at the same time safely and securely sharing collected data about children's activities with external parties including educationalists, health care professionals, psychologists and marketers of products and services used by children. Sharing data not only benefits these external parties but also the children themselves as solutions can be tailored to their needs. Because the My Smart Remote is for children, security and privacy concerns are paramount. A contribution of this concept that is primarily derived from the need for safety and security, and also efficiency in processing, is a solution where much of the sensor data of the My Smart Remote is processed locally, in addition to the cloud. This solution is based on the idea that smart solutions, such as smart cities and smart homes, generate a large amount of sensor data which can be more efficiently processed locally rather than depending on the cloud. The My Smart Remote using sensor data from around the home to manage television viewing, video gaming, activity on PCs, mobile phones and tablets, all in terms of time spent and types of activity. Additionally, the My Smart Remote will monitor these activities which will also include other activities such as taking drinks from the fridge and homework activities and collect, and share the associated data with external parties.