Patent ID: 9024545
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A programmable lighting-control device for controlling building and/or household lighting, comprising: a switch including a switch mechanism for controlling an electrical circuit to turn said lighting on and off; and a control system including: a memory for storing date data, time data, geographic location data, settings corresponding to a holiday mode and settings corresponding to a normal mode; and a processor configured to alternate the lighting-control device between the normal mode and the holiday mode, wherein in the normal mode the switch mechanism is operational to turn said lighting on and off in a normal light switching operation, and wherein in the holiday mode the control system overrides the normal mode functionality of the switch mechanism, fixes the state of said lighting in its current on/off state, and maintains the state of said lighting in its current on/off state for the duration of the holiday mode regardless of a user's physical manipulation of the switch mechanism.