Patent ID: 7550931

Claim:
A lighting system comprising: a plurality of lighting units, at least one lighting unit of the plurality of lighting units comprising: at least one light source; a memory for storing an identifier uniquely associated with the at least one lighting unit; and a processor configured to: (i) receive address identification data; (ii) compare the address identification data to at least a portion of the identifier, thereby generating a comparison value related to a comparison therebetween; and (iii) cause the at least one light source of the at least one lighting unit to maintain or alter its illumination state in response to the comparison value; and a system controller coupled to the plurality of lighting units, the system controller comprising: a compilation module for determining respective identifiers associated with the lighting units; and a detection apparatus operably coupled to the lighting units for monitoring illumination states thereof and communicating information associated with the illumination states to the compilation module.