US 12,079,021 B2
Load control system responsive to the location of an occupant and/or mobile device
Rhodes B. Baker, Bethlehem, PA (US); Richard S. Camden, Coopersburg, PA (US); and Sanjeev Kumar, Harleysville, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,072.
Application 18/343,072 is a continuation of application No. 17/552,545, filed on Dec. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,726,516.
Application 17/552,545 is a continuation of application No. 16/783,572, filed on Feb. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,204,616, issued on Dec. 21, 2021.
Application 16/783,572 is a continuation of application No. 15/230,263, filed on Aug. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,599,174, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/201,522, filed on Aug. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341882 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05F 1/66 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H05B 47/195 (2020.01)
CPC G05F 1/66 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H05B 47/195 (2020.01)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical load control system, comprising:
one or more control devices, each of the one or more control devices including:
communication interface circuitry to transmit a beacon signal that includes data; and
a system controller communicatively coupled to the at least one control device, the system controller including:
first communication interface circuitry to communicatively couple to a network device via a wireless first network;
second communication interface circuitry to communicatively couple to each of the one or more control devices via a second network; and
control circuitry, the control circuitry to:
receive, via the first communication interface circuitry, a first signal from the network device;
wherein the first signal includes data associated with each beacon transmitted by a respective one of the one or more control devices;
determine a location of the network device using the received data associated with each beacon transmitted by respective ones of the one or more control devices; and
identify at least one control device associated with the determined location of the network device.