Patent ID: 9655214
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G08C,H05B

Claim:
1. A lighting controller device, comprising: a wireless interface for wirelessly communicating with a group of lamps and a group of keypads within a residence; a graphical user interface (GUI) in which a user can (i) select the group of lamps and assign the group of lamps to a scene, and (ii) select a keypad from among the group of keypads and assign the group of lamps with corresponding said scene to a button on the selected keypad; wherein the GUI, during selection of the group of lamps, transmits via the wireless interface to the group of lamps a first signal that causes a selected lamp within the group of lamps at the residence to emit a first visual signal and a first icon within the GUI to emit a second visual signal, wherein the first icon is shown to represent the selected lamp at the residence; and wherein the GUI, during selection of the keypad, transmits via the wireless interface to the group of keypads a second signal that causes the selected keypad to emit a third visual signal and a second icon within the GUI to emit a fourth visual signal, wherein the second icon is shown to represent the selected keypad at the residence.