A method for user assisted event-context management in an internet of things (IoT) environment is disclosed. The method comprising: detecting, via one or more IoT devices and one or more smart devices, at least one of one or more current actions of a user or one or more events in the IoT environment; detecting, via the one or more IoT devices, a current operating state of each of the one or more devices within the IoT environment and obtaining, from a database, one or more specified association rules indicating a relationship between each of a plurality of predefined user actions, a plurality of specified events, and pre-configured operating states of the one or more devices; and controlling the current operating state of the one or more devices based on the obtained one or more specified association rules.