Patent ID: 11903103
Assignee: HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method to manage a pattern of lighting themes for a plurality of lamps, the method comprising:
receiving, at a plurality of control adapters, a data encoded power signal over line voltage wiring, the data encoded power signal providing power and encoded messages having pattern information that includes a request to implement a lighting theme pattern of a plurality of lighting theme patterns or a pattern definition that defines at least a portion of a lighting theme pattern, wherein the at least a portion of the lighting theme pattern comprises an indication of a lighting theme of a plurality of lighting themes, each control adapter of the plurality of control adapters comprising memory and a microprocessor, each control adapter configured to be in electrical communication with at least one respective lamp;
decoding, with at least one control adapter, at least a portion of the encoded message from the received data encoded power signal;
for the decoded at least a portion that includes the pattern definition, storing, with the at least one control adapter, the indication of the lighting theme in the memory; and
for the decoded at least a portion that includes the requested lighting theme pattern, with the at least one control adapter,
retrieving from the memory one or more stored lighting themes that are associated with the requested lighting theme pattern;
retrieving from the memory one or more stored settings for the at least one respective lamp that are associated with the one or more retrieved lighting themes; and
providing, in sequence to the at least one respective lamp, a signal responsive to the retrieved one or more settings for each lighting theme of the requested lighting theme pattern.