Patent ID: 11934165
Assignee: UBIQUITOUS ENERGY, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  E  H  Y | IPC E  G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating a home automation system, the method comprising:
for each photovoltaic window of one or more photovoltaic windows of the home automation system:
generating electrical power from incident light onto the photovoltaic window using a photovoltaic of the photovoltaic window, wherein the photovoltaic is integrated with a glass of the photovoltaic window, and wherein the photovoltaic substantially covers a visible portion of the photovoltaic window;
sending the electrical power from the photovoltaic to a wireless communication system of the photovoltaic window to enable wireless communication with a hub device of the home automation system, wherein the wireless communication system is solely powered by the electrical power generated by the photovoltaic;
sending a data signal from the wireless communication system to the hub device, wherein the data signal includes information regarding the photovoltaic window, the information including power data indicating an amount of electrical power being generated by the photovoltaic and being stored in the photovoltaic window; and
receiving the data signal at the hub device from each of the one or more photovoltaic windows.