Patent ID: 11923596
Assignee: LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A controllable electrical outlet for use in a load control system adapted to receive power from a power source, the controllable electrical outlet comprising:
a housing;
at least one electrical receptacle disposed on an external surface of the housing, the at least one electrical receptacle to receive a plug of an electrical load device;
an actuator disposed on an exterior surface of the housing;
a radio-frequency (RF) communication circuit configured to receive an RF signal; and
a control circuit coupled to the load control circuit and the RF communication circuit, the control circuit switchable between a configuration mode and an operating mode via the actuator, the control circuit to:
in the configuration mode:
receive, via the RF communication circuit, an identifier associated with a remote-control device responsive to entry into the configuration mode; and
store the received identifier in memory circuitry; and

in the operating mode:
receive an RF signal including one or more commands and an identifier via the RF communication circuit;
responsive to receipt of the RF signal, confirm the remote-control device identifier matches the stored received remote-control device identifier; and
responsive to confirmation of the remote-control device identifier, adjust the power delivered to an electrical load device coupled to the at least one electrical receptacle based on the received one or more commands.