US 12,231,995 B2
Transmission of control data on wireless network communication links
David J. Dolan, Coopersburg, 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 Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/545,221.
Application 18/545,221 is a continuation of application No. 17/482,285, filed on Sep. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,895,564.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,649, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121581 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/38 (2018.02) [H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first communication circuit configured to communicate via a first communication link;
a second communication circuit configured to communicate via a second communication link; and
a control circuit, configured to:
receive, via the first communication circuit, messages comprising sensor data on the first communication link from a plurality of input devices, wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a first input device of the plurality of input devices, and wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a second input device of the plurality of input devices;
aggregate the sensor data from the first input device and the sensor data from the second input device;
in response to detection of a first threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device, transmit, via the second communication circuit, a message on the second communication link that comprises the aggregated sensor data from the first input device and the second input device; and
in response to detection of a second threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device, transmit, via the second communication circuit, a plurality of messages on the second communication link, wherein the plurality of messages comprise at least one message that comprises the aggregated sensor data from the first input device and the second input device, and wherein the second threshold amount of change is greater than the first threshold amount of change.