Patent ID: 8594976

Claim:
A network server, comprising: a memory for storing computer-executable instructions; a processor configured to access the memory and further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: store at least one operating specification for a first equipment coupled to a networked intelligent luminaire manager; receive, via a network of intelligent luminaire managers, operational information transmitted wirelessly from the networked intelligent luminaire manager, wherein the operational information is associated with an operation of the first equipment coupled to the networked intelligent luminaire manager; and generate a system-wide status indicative of a system malfunction for a system that includes the first equipment and a second equipment from two or more networks based on (i) comparing a first operational status of the first equipment with the at least one operating specification, (ii) comparing a second operational status of the second equipment with the at least one operating specification, (iii) a geographic proximity between the first equipment and the second equipment, and (iv) a comparison of the first operational status with the second operational status.