System to determine the placement of smart light emitters

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing code for execution by a processor, wherein the code, when executed by a processor, performs an operation, the operation comprising:
• receiving an instruction for a smart lighting effect, the instruction comprising a target geographic location;
• determining a target lighting pattern and a target lighting orientation, based on the instruction;
• retrieving from a database, based on the target geographic location, information identifying a first plurality of smart lights to activate as part of the smart lighting effect, wherein the database comprises a geographic location and a lighting orientation for each of a second plurality of smart lights, and wherein the first plurality of smart lights is a subset of the second plurality of smart lights;
• determining a plurality of network addresses and a plurality of orientations for the first plurality of smart lights, based on the retrieved information;
• generating a lighting effect command relating to the first plurality of smart lights, based on the target lighting pattern, the target lighting orientation, the plurality of network addresses, and the plurality of orientations;
• and
• transmitting the lighting effect command to create the smart lighting effect, wherein in response to the lighting effect command each light in the first plurality of smart lights is activated in a manner consistent with the smart lighting effect.

A geographic lighting controller system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory containing a program that, when executed on the processor, performs an operation, the operation comprising:
• receiving an instruction for a smart lighting effect, the instruction comprising a target geographic location;
• determining a target lighting pattern and a target lighting orientation, based on the instruction;
• retrieving from a database, based on the target geographic location, information identifying a first plurality of smart lights to activate as part of the smart lighting effect, wherein the database comprises a geographic location and a lighting orientation for each of a second plurality of smart lights, and wherein the first plurality of smart lights is a subset of the second plurality of smart lights;
• determining a plurality of network addresses and a plurality of orientations for the first plurality of smart lights, based on the retrieved information;
• generating a lighting effect command relating to the first plurality of smart lights, based on the target lighting pattern, the target lighting orientation, the plurality of network addresses, and the plurality of orientations;
• and
• transmitting the lighting effect command to create the smart lighting effect, wherein in response to the lighting effect command each light in the first plurality of smart lights is activated in a manner consistent with the smart lighting effect.