Abstract: A resource management node is disclosed that manages a plurality of resource nodes connected to at least one network. The resource management node includes a system entity database, an interaction flow database, and an interaction execution engine. The system entity database contains information identifying communication addresses for the resource nodes and associated metadata identifying capabilities of the resource nodes. The interaction flow database contains information defining data flows that are permitted between identified ones of the resource nodes and associated triggering criteria defining when identified ones of the data flows are to be performed. The interaction execution engine is configured to determine that one of the triggering criteria defined by the interaction flow database is satisfied and to respond by establishing the associated data flow between the identified ones of the resource nodes.

Abstract: A server includes a transceiver for connecting the server over a social network to a provider server and to a user device, a memory for storing information received from the provider server and a processor for instructing the transceiver to communicate information to the user device if the user device input to a prompt from a user home device communicating with the user device satisfies at least one condition stored in the memory.