US 12,127,317 B2
Digital messages in a load control system
Brian Michael Courtney, Bethlehem, PA (US); Timothy Gill, Bethlehem, PA (US); Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Bethlehem, PA (US); Roshni Ashwin Shah, Macungie, PA (US); Vidya Sukumar, Allentown, PA (US); Mark S. Taipale, Harleysville, PA (US); and Mark Yorgey, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,683.
Application 18/190,683 is a continuation of application No. 16/871,691, filed on May 11, 2020, granted, now 11,617,251.
Application 16/871,691 is a continuation of application No. 15/990,066, filed on May 25, 2018, granted, now 10,651,653, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 15/990,066 is a continuation of application No. 14/683,982, filed on Apr. 10, 2015, granted, now 9,985,436, issued on May 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/978,579, filed on Apr. 11, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232520 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H05B 47/155 (2020.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/155 (2020.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 9/30094 (2013.01); G06F 9/30189 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An electrical system control method, comprising:
receiving, by system control circuitry to, an input that includes a preset command; and
responsive to receipt of the preset command, by the system control circuitry:
identifying, by the system control circuitry, a plurality of load control devices to receive the preset command;
determining, by the system control circuitry, whether the identified plurality of load control devices is at or below a defined threshold number of load control devices;
responsive to the determination, by the system control circuitry, that the identified plurality of load control devices is at or below the defined threshold number of load control devices, determining, by the system control circuitry, whether one or more instructions associated with the preset command can be transmitted as a multi-output command to the identified plurality of load control devices in less than a defined transmission time;
responsive to the determination, by the system control circuitry, that the one or more instructions associated with the preset command can be transmitted as a multi-output command to the identified plurality of load control devices in less than a defined transmission time, generating, by the system control circuitry, the multi-output command that includes:
respective unique identifiers associated with each of the identified plurality of load control devices;
the one or more instructions associated with the preset command; and
one or more operating parameters associated with each of the one or more instructions associated with the preset command; and
causing, by the system control circuitry, a broadcast of the multi-output command to at least the identified plurality of load control devices.