About Alexa Smart Properties in Senior Living
Alexa Smart Properties in senior living provides technologies that smart property solution integrators can use to deploy and manage Alexa devices in properties like senior living communities. It provides Alexa APIs for device fleet management for properties. You can use these APIs to build Alexa capabilities into management applications. These solutions enable property owners and managers to administer Alexa devices on their properties with ease.
For an overview of features and benefits, as well as how to sign up for the Alexa Smart Properties in senior living program, see Alexa Smart Properties in senior living.
Alexa Smart Properties in senior living defines the following key concepts and terms:
Endpoint
An endpoint represents an Alexa-connected device (like an Echo device) with which an Alexa customer can interact. In Alexa Smart Properties in senior living, you manage Alexa Echo devices as endpoints by using the Endpoint API. With this API, you can enumerate the endpoints owned by an Amazon Business account, view and change endpoint settings, associate endpoints with specific rooms, and query connectivity status of endpoints.
Unit
A unit represents a node in a hierarchy. A unit can be an organization, a property, a room type, or a room. In Alexa Smart Properties in senior living, you create a hierarchy of units to model properties, room types, and individual rooms by using the Property, Room Type, and Room API.
Room
A room represents a physical room in a property. Alexa devices and smart home appliances are installed in a room. Alexa endpoints (devices) and skills are associated with individual rooms.
Room type
A room type is a collection of similar rooms in a property. For example, room types in a Senior Living community might be used to indicate wings in a property. This model allows Alexa Smart Properties in senior living to be extensible and accommodate different types of rooms.
Property
A property represents a physical property, such as a hotel, vacation rental, or senior living community. A property is typically a collection of room types, which in turn are collections of rooms.
Organization
An organization represents a business entity under the Amazon Business account that's registered with Alexa Smart Properties in senior living.
Alexa Smart Properties in senior living REST APIs
Alexa Smart Properties in senior living provides the following APIs to manage the hierarchy of units, manage endpoints, and manage experiences on those endpoints within your organization.
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Enables you to specify operations for Alexa to automatically perform for users. | |
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Enables you to get Bluetooth feature properties and to unpair Bluetooth devices from an Alexa-enabled device. | |
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Manages the enterprise communication experience. | |
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Manages groups of devices that are associated with a unit. | |
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Finds the endpoints associated with a unit. | |
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Manages endpoints registered to your Amazon Business account. | |
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Manages the enterprise notification experience. | |
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Displays suggestions on the home screen. | |
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Manages properties and rooms. | |
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Manages user permissions via roles. | |
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Manages skills. | |
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Manages settings for units. |
To get started with Alexa Smart Properties in senior living APIs, see Get Started with Alexa Smart Properties in Senior Living APIs.
Related topics
- Get Started with Alexa Smart Properties in Senior Living APIs
- About Managing Roles in Alexa Smart Properties in Senior Living
- Manage Properties and Rooms
- Alexa Smart Properties in Senior Living Device Purchase and Setup
- Manage Skills in Alexa Smart Properties in Senior Living
- Customize Your Multimodal Devices
Last updated: Mar 14, 2023