Patent ID: 9026104
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04M,H05B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling a plurality of remote wide-area lighting systems according to widely varying schedules specific to and customizable for each system, comprising: a. a central control system including a computer comprising data related to a schedule of events for each wide-area lighting system and a communications device to receive communications related to the schedule of events for each wide-area lighting system; b. a remote equipment controller connected to each wide-area lighting system and adapted to control a function of the system; c. a first communications link between a user-controlled data entry device and the computer of the central control system adapted to allow an authorized person or entity to input or manipulate at-will the data related to a schedule of events for a correlated lighting system to allow direct user control of the schedule of events by the authorized person or entity; d. a second communications link between a user-controlled communications device and the central control system communications device adapted to allow an authorized person or entity to at-will request the central control system to input or manipulate the data related to a schedule of events for a lighting system to allow indirect control of the schedule of events by the authorized persons or entity; e. a third communications link adapted to communicate data from the central control system to the remote equipment controller for each wide-area lighting system to actuate a function of the wide-area lighting system in correlation to both (i) an event in the schedule of events for the lighting system and (ii) an at-will request; f. wherein the data comprises a schedule of events related to illumination of a relatively large area.