Patent ID: 9655215
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04W,H05B

Claim:
1. A lighting control system, comprising: a plurality of lamps interconnected within a residence by a wireless mesh network, wherein a group of lamps within the plurality of lamps each comprise a unique address and a group address that is dependent on where within a residence the group of lamps reside; a control device wirelessly coupled to the group of lamps and comprising a data file that associates the unique address with the group address; a button configured on the control device that, when actuated, is configured to send a groupcast control message to only the group of lamps having their unique address associated with a unique group address; and a receiver on the control device for receiving a unicast acknowledge message from each of the group of lamps that receive the groupcast control message, wherein the unicast acknowledge message is sent through a single, first lamp-to-lamp path across the wireless mesh network based on routing tables stored within each of the plurality of lamps.