Patent ID: 9226371
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A method of providing user control of an environmental parameter of a structure, comprising: establishing a direct communication link between a user device and a fixture located within the structure, wherein the direct communication link comprises a line-of-sight link; receiving, by a central controller, information of the user device from the fixture through a first communication link, wherein the central controller is physically separate from the fixture and the central controller communicates with the fixture through the first communication link; receiving, by the central controller, control information from the user device through a second communication link; associating, by the central controller, the user device with the fixture by correlating the receiving of information from the fixture through the first communication link with the receiving of the control information from the user device through the second communication link, and after associating the user device with the fixture, communicating, by the central controller, the control information to the fixture wherein the fixture controls the environmental parameter based on the control information.