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Technology Map Detailed Contents May 2022

Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

  • Networked Entertainment Electronics
  • Home Servers and Shared Storage
  • Digital-Rights Management, Access Controls, and Related Technologies
  • Sensors and Actuators
  • User Interfaces
  • Productivity and Home-Office Devices
  • Last-Mile Networks and Access Devices
  • Remote Access to the Home
  • Service-Provider Resources
  • P2P Technology Resources
  • Standards and Types of Connections
    • Prevailing Standards
    • Mesh Networks
  • Resource-Discovery Protocols

Commercial Development Parameters

  • Demand Factors
  • General Constraints
  • Synergistic Technologies
  • Competing Technologies
  • Required Resources
  • Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

  • Conditions That Vary Greatly across Scenarios
    • Applications for Enthusiasts
    • Big Data
    • Broadband Evolutions
    • Business Models and Application Stores
    • Copyrights
    • Cybersecurity
    • Home Health Care
    • Household Robots (Wild Card)
    • Post Purchase Monetization
    • Price and Value of "Green"
    • Remote Working
    • Standards
    • Strategic Strongholds
    • Supersmart Homes (Wild Card)

Implications of Commercialization

  • Do-It-Yourself Home-Automation Environment
  • Over-the-Top Streaming Environment
  • Pay-TV Service Environment
  • Studio-Centric Service Environment

Opportunities

  • Applications
    • Sharing Files, Printers, and Broadband Connections
    • Networked Video Games
    • Virtual Reality
    • Network-Based Synchronization
    • Mobile Integration
    • Cameras and Baby Monitors
    • Multiroom Systems and Multimedia Routing
    • Home Servers
    • Home Security
    • Climate Control and Energy Management
    • E-Commerce and Automated Shopping
    • Other Networked Appliances
    • Elder Care
    • Home Health and Fitness Monitoring
    • Robotics and Mechatronics
    • Personal Manufacturing
    • Targeted Advertising and Merchandising
  • Business Models
    • Alliances and Partnerships
    • Amazon's Business Ecosystem
    • Strategic Network Endpoints
    • Do-It-Yourself Value Network

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