Fuente: Wipo "IOT" Systems and methods for virtual Internet of Things (IoT) devices and hubs are described. For example, one embodiment of a system includes: a primary Internet of Things (IoT) cloud service to register IoT devices owned by users who have subscribed to the primary IoT cloud service; IoT device management logic on the primary IoT cloud service to provide access to data generated by the primary IoT device and to control the IoT device in response to a user input; and IoT device management logic to establish a communication channel with an external IoT cloud service in response to a user registering one or more external IoT devices controlled by the external IoT cloud service; wherein when the external IoT cloud service provides access to the one or more external IoT devices to the IoT device management logic.