Patent ID: 8508148

Claim:
A system comprising: an electrical power control unit residing in a light bulb and at least one miniature remote controller; the electrical power control unit comprising: a radio receiver configured to receive wireless command signals transmitted by the remote controller; an electrical interface configured to interface to driver circuitry within the light bulb; a processor connected to the radio receiver and to the electrical interface, wherein the processor is configured to evaluate commands contained in received wireless command signals in order to generate control signals that are configured to control light output of the light bulb as a dimmer function and on/off function; and a non-volatile memory configured to store up to at least four identification codes, each identification code associated with a corresponding miniature remote controller and contained in commands received from the corresponding miniature remote controller; wherein the processor is responsive to, and only to, wireless commands from miniature remote controllers, if any, for which an enabled identification code is present in the non-volatile memory, and said processor is configured to add and to disable identification codes of miniature remote controllers in the non-volatile memory solely in response to wireless command signals received from those miniature remote controllers and without any physical action taken by the user on the light bulb; the miniature remote controller comprising: a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface; said top surface of said housing configured to include at least one but no more than three distinct finger actuation points; and, said bottom surface of said housing configured to include an attachment device configured to removably mount the miniature remote controller to a larger object.