Patent ID: 8018161
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A lighting appearatus, comprising: a housing comprising a base that is insertable into a light socket; a power input configured to receive external power from an external power source; a solid state light element that is interconnected to the power input; a back-up power source that is interconnected to the solid state light element and the power input and that provides power to the solid state light element when the light element is not provided with power from the power input; a microcontroller within the housing that is interconnected with the power input, solid state light element, and back-up power source, that controls the illumination of the solid state light element; and a modem within the housing that is interconnected with the microcontroller and that receives signals from a source external to the lighting apparatus, the microcontroller controlling the illumination of the light element in response to the received signals.