Patent ID: 9398669
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W,H05B,Y02B,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising steps of: emitting light from each of a plurality of intelligent lighting devices to provide illumination at a premises served by a lighting system that includes the intelligent lighting devices, wherein the emitting step includes emitting light from each of first and second ones of the intelligent lighting devices so that the first and second intelligent lighting devices together provide the illumination for an area at the premises; communicating data, via a data network at the premises and over a respective data communications link of each intelligent lighting device, to and from the intelligent lighting devices about lighting-related functions; providing a low power wireless data communications link, for two-way wireless communications in the area at the premises and separate from the respective data communications link of the respective intelligent lighting device, via each of the first and second intelligent lighting devices; sending and receiving data over the low power wireless data communications link from and to the first intelligent lighting device, for a first non-lighting-system device in the area at the premises in range of the first intelligent lighting device; routing, via the data network at the premises and over the data communications link of the first intelligent lighting device, the data for the first non-lighting-system device to and from the first intelligent lighting device; and implementing, within one of the plurality of intelligent lighting devices, distributed processing on behalf of the first non-lighting-system device, wherein the implementing step further comprises: