Patent ID: 9596739
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining at least one command including a first command and a second command to control operation of the same at least one light fixture connected to a lighting control system; responsive to the at least one command, generating controls in accordance with a predetermined operating policy such that upon determining that there is a conflict between a first attribute value of the first command and a second attribute value of the second command, either calculating an average attribute value from the first attribute value and the second attribute value and generating the controls based on the average attribute value or generating the controls based on the first attribute value; and transmitting the controls to the at least one light fixture via a communication network, wherein the lighting control system comprises a first local lighting control system, at least a second local lighting control system and a central lighting control system connected to the first and the at least second local lighting system, wherein the at least one light fixture is connected to the first local lighting system and the first local lighting system comprises a first local control processor and at the least one lighting control device, and wherein the at least one command is obtained by the at least one lighting control device and relayed to the first local control processor via the communication network to generate the controls in accordance with the predetermined operating policy.