Patent ID: 7519326

Claim:
A system that facilitates wireless control over a load device, comprising: a wireless switch component configured to wirelessly send a control signal; and a control module component operatively coupled to the load device and configured to control the load device in response to the wireless control signal from the wireless switch component, where the control module component comprises; a control module transmitter operative to transmit signals indicative of the state of the load device; where the wireless switch component comprises; a power supply, a switch operatively coupled to the power supply, a switch state interpreter operatively coupled to the switch, a coupling of the switch state interpreter to the power supply dependent upon the state of the switch, a second transmitter operatively coupled to the switch state interpreter, and a transmitter antenna operatively coupled to the transmitter, a receiver operative to receive signals indicative of the state of the load device, where the switch state interpreter identifies a change in the state of the switch and causes the wireless control signal to be generated via the transmitter and the transmitter antenna.