The Financial Times has revealed in a recent report that tech giant Apple has plans underway to unveil a 'Smart Home' concept at its forthcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), scheduled to kick off on June 2.

According to the FT report, the 'Smart Home' system to be introduced by Apple at the WWDC event will essentially enable the users to control their lights, appliances and security systems with their iPhones.

The report further revealed that a "select number" of device manufacturers will receive certification for offering products which work with Apple's 'Smart Home' system. However, the report did not disclose the names of the manufacturers likely to get the certification.

Though Apple has not yet made any official comments about the reported 'Smart Home' system, the company's interest in the concept became evident from its June 2012 patent filing for a technology which gives the owners of mobile handsets the ability to connect their lighting systems, music controllers, climate controllers, security systems, garage-door openers, and kitchen appliances to their mobile devices.

With Apple's 'Smart Home' system now reportedly set to be introduced at the WWDC event, the company is apparently trying to ensure that all its iOS-based devices - iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV - are compliant with the concept, so that more users can be locked into its ecosystem.