US 11,811,727 B2
Seamless connection to multiple wireless controllers
David Anderson, Quakertown, PA (US); Agniva Banerjee, Easton, PA (US); and Parker Evans, Quakertown, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,684.
Application 17/215,684 is a continuation of application No. 15/466,239, filed on Mar. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,965,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/311,738, filed on Mar. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0218703 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 61/5014 (2022.01); H04L 61/2514 (2022.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04L 61/2517 (2022.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/5014 (2022.05) [G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 61/2514 (2013.01); H04L 61/2517 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); G05B 2219/23297 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23298 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. An electrical load control system, comprising:
a plurality of system controllers communicatively coupled via a first network,
wherein each of the plurality of system controllers is capable of communicating with one or more electrical control devices via a second network different from the first network;
wherein each of the plurality of system controllers includes a respective data store that includes data representative of one or more of control-source devices or control-target devices communicatively coupled to the respective system controller;
wherein each of the plurality of system controllers provides a respective third network, and each of the respective plurality of third networks having a common SSID and a common SSID password; and
wherein each of the plurality of system controllers is capable of communicating, via the third network with a mobile device; and
wherein, responsive to receipt of the common SSID password from the mobile device by a first system controller included in the plurality of system controllers, the first system controller communicatively couples to the mobile device via the third network of the first system controller to:
receive, from the mobile device, a request to access at least one of: the one or more control source devices or the one or more control target devices;
identify, by the first system controller via the first network, a target system controller included in the plurality of system controllers, the target system controller communicatively coupled to the one or more control-source devices or the one or more control-target devices to which the mobile device has requested access;
provide, by the first system controller to the mobile device via the third network, a Web page having a user interface, the user interface providing capability to control one or more operational parameters of some or all of the one or more control-source devices and some or all of the control-target devices to which the mobile device has requested access;
redirect, by the first system controller to the target system controller, via the first network, requests received by the first system controller from the mobile device; and
responsive to establishment of a communicative coupling between the mobile device and a second system controller, cease provision of the user interface to the mobile device by the first system controller and seamlessly transition the provision of the Web page that includes the user interface to the second system controller.