	US 11,751,299 B2
	Multi-location load control system
Quinn Brogan, Hellertown, PA (US); Donald F. Hausman, Jr., New Tripoli, PA (US); Bauyrzhan Krykpayev, Mountain View, CA (US); and Robert C. Newman, Jr., Emmaus, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,491.
Application 17/556,491 is a continuation of application No. 17/082,466, filed on Oct. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,206,716.
Application 17/082,466 is a continuation of application No. 16/696,654, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,827,572, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,339, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,786, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117051 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05B 39/08 (2006.01); H05B 39/06 (2006.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01)

CPC H05B 39/083 (2013.01) [H05B 39/06 (2013.01)]

12 Claims

1. An electrical load controller, comprising:

a controllably conductive device;

multi-location circuitry to receive a signal from an accessory electrical load controller; and

control circuitry operatively coupled to the controllably conductive device and communicatively coupled to the multi-location circuitry, the control circuitry to:

transition the controllably conductive device between conductive and non-conductive states during each half-cycle of an applied AC voltage to control power delivered to an electrical load;

enable the multi-location circuitry to receive a signal from the accessory electrical load controller for at least a portion of the cycle when the controllably conductive device is in the non-conductive state;

receive, from the multi-location circuitry data representative of one of a plurality of patterns in a signal received from the accessory load controller, the received pattern indicative of a user command received as an input by the accessory load controller; and

responsive to receipt of the data representative of the detected pattern, selectively adjust a duration of the conductive state of the controllably conductive device based on the user command received by the accessory load controller.