Patent ID: 9332622
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H05B

Claim Text:
1. A lighting system for emulating at a first location the lighting conditions of a remote location, comprising: a lighting control circuit with a plurality of lamps at the first location, the control circuit adapted to adjust the color and brightness of each of the lamps to correspond with one of a plurality of lighting scenes, and further including a power source, a networking module adapted to receive lighting scene information via a network, and a non-transitory storage medium for storing a unique identification code and at least one of the lighting scenes; a remote command module accessible by the networking module of the control circuit and adapted to provide lighting scene information to the lighting control circuit as identified with the unique identification code thereof; an indicia fixed proximate the plurality of lamps, the indicia corresponding to the unique identification code of the lighting control circuit, the indicia being a Quick Response (QR) code corresponding to a unique network address of the remote network server and associated with the unique identification code of the lighting control circuit; whereby a lighting scene is assigned by the remote command module to the lighting control circuit based on the unique identification code thereof, the networking module receiving the lighting scene information from the remote command module and emulating the lighting scene at the first location by adjusting the color and brightness of each of the lamps accordingly, and whereby the user, after scanning the QR code with a camera of the portable electronic device, is afforded control of the lighting system by the remote network server through the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the command module being resident on the portable electronic device.