Patent ID: 8716942

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing energy use in a system of lights, comprising: receiving, at a communications receiver of a first lighting assembly, a lighting profile that instructs the first lighting assembly to operate according to the lighting profile over a first period of time, the lighting profile received wirelessly by the communications receiver from a control center remote from the first lighting assembly, wherein the control center additionally provides lighting profiles to a plurality of other lighting assemblies; implementing, at the first lighting assembly, the received lighting profile, including causing a light of the first lighting assembly to illuminate at a first intensity; receiving, at a sensing module of the first lighting assembly, an input acquired in proximity to the first lighting assembly, the input indicating an activity level in a region proximate the first lighting assembly; deviating from the received lighting profile by varying the intensity of the light of the first lighting assembly, in response to the received input acquired in proximity to the first lighting assembly, by causing the light of the first lighting assembly to illuminate at a second intensity for a predetermined period of time, the second intensity different than the first intensity; and wirelessly transmitting a message via a communications transmitter of the first lighting assembly for receipt by the control center, the message comprising an indication of the second intensity and an identifier associated with the first lighting assembly.