2,4c2,11

< ventilation, air conditioning, appliances, and entertainment devices

< to improve convenience, comfort, energy efficiency, and security.  It

< can be seen as a residential extension of building automation.

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> ventilation, air conditioning, appliances, entertainment and home

> security devices to improve convenience, comfort, energy efficiency,

> and security.

> 

> It can be seen as a residential extension of building

> automation. However, it is expected that unlike a building automation

> system the infrastrucutre in a home is operated in a considerably more

> ad-hoc nature, with no centralized management system akin to a

> Building Automation System (BAS) available to concentrate various

> functions together.

8,13c15,22

< electricians deploying home automation solutions or done by residents

< by using the application user interface to configure (parts of) the

< home automation solution.  Similarly, failures may be reported via

< suitable interfaces to residents or they might be recorded and made

< available to electricians in charge of the maintenance of the home

< automation infrastructure.

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> electricians deploying home automation solutions, third party service

> providers (ISPs, small outsourcing firms, device manufacturers, online

> portals and etc.) or done by residents by using the application user

> interface to configure (parts of) the home automation

> solution. Similarly, failures may be reported via suitable interfaces

> to residents or they might be recorded and made available to service

> providers in charge of the maintenance of the home automation

> infrastructure.

16,18c25,30

< be outsourced to electricians providing management of home automation

< solutions as a service.  The time scale for failure detection and

< resolution is in many cases likely counted in hours to days.

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> be outsourced to electricians and/or third parties providing

> management of home automation solutions as a service.  A varying

> combination of electricians, service providers or the residents may be

> responsible for different aspects of managing the infrastrucutre.  The

> time scale for failure detection and resolution is in many cases

> likely counted in hours to days.