Patent ID: 9326354
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A method of a lighting system providing user control of a structure, comprising: configuring one or more sensor units of the lighting system; establishing a local line-of-sight wireless communication link between a user device and at least one sensor unit of the one or more sensor units, wherein configuring the one or more units of the lighting system comprises encoding communication through the local line-of-sight wireless communication link between the user device and the at least one sensor unit in which the at least one sensor unit responds including setting an identification (ID) characteristic of the communication; receiving, by the at least one sensor unit, a request from the user device through the local line-of-sight wireless communication link; the at least one sensor unit propagating the request to a controller of the lighting system through a first wireless communication link, wherein the central controller is physically separate from the at least one sensor unit and the central controller communicates with the at least one sensor unit through the first wireless communication link; the controller responding to the request with an operational change of a device associated with the at least one sensor unit; and the at least one sensor unit or the device associated with the at least one sensor unit providing an observable indicator to the user that the request has been addressed.