Patent ID: 7486193

Claim:
An occupancy sensor, comprising: an acoustic transmitter; an acoustic receiver; a communication interface for transmitting and receiving communication signals to and from a communication network; a memory comprising information representative of a network address for the sensor, information representative of data corresponding to the defined region, information representative of an operating schedule for the occupancy sensor, and information representative of an office plan location assigned to the occupancy sensor; and a controller operably coupled to the acoustic transmitter, acoustic receiver, the communication interface, and the memory; wherein the controller is adapted to: transmit acoustic signals using the acoustic transmitter; receive acoustic signals using the acoustic receiver; process the received acoustic signals to determine the presence or absence of an occupant within a defined region; communicate with the communication network using the communication interface; permit remote control of the occupancy sensor during a first time period and permit local control of the occupancy sensor during a second time period; and permit remote updates of the information representative of a network address for the sensor, information representative of data corresponding to the defined region, information representative of an operating schedule for the occupancy sensor, and information representative of an office plan location assigned to the occupancy sensor.