| CPC G06F 9/54 (2013.01) [E06B 9/24 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2628 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
communicating between a window control system and at least one other system selected from the group consisting of a lighting system, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, a security system, and a home appliance control system, wherein the communicating includes:
receiving a communication from the window control system or from the at least one other system and addressed to the other of the window control system and the at least one other system, the communication having a format specified by an applications program interface (API) for communicating directly between the window control system and the at least one other system;
providing instructions and/or data contained in the communication to the addressed one of the window control system or the at least one other system; and
performing, at the addressed one of the window control system or the at least one other system, one or more operations using the instructions and/or data contained in the communication.
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