Patent ID: 7804417

Claim:
A lighting system for providing a particular dynamic lighting pattern from a predetermined set of dynamic lighting patterns, the system comprising: a presence detector for detecting a presence of a plurality of persons at a location; a timer for measuring a duration of the presence of each individual of said plurality of said persons; a pattern selector for selecting the particular dynamic lighting pattern from the predetermined set of dynamic lighting patterns based on the presence and on the duration of each of said plurality of persons, wherein the particular dynamic lighting pattern comprises a series of light effects; a plurality of adjustable light sources for applying the particular dynamic lighting pattern to the location during the presence of each of said persons; wherein said pattern selector includes a plurality of rules reactive to measurement of social patterns and presence patterns over time as determined by said timer, said rules operable on said adjustable light sources based upon the number of said plurality of persons and the temporal character of each of said plurality of persons activities.