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AssigneeLutron Electronics Co., Inc.
InventorsJohn C. Browne, Jr., Sean Henley, Ratan Dominic Rego, William Bryce Fricke, Robert D. Stevens, Jr.
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An energy control network may include a number of load control devices, such as dimmer switches, multi-button selector switch, occupancy sensors, and remote controllers, among others. These load control devices may be configured for wireless communication. Other wireless devices, such as laptops, tablets, and “smart” cellular phones may be configured to communicate with the load control devices of the energy control network. The load control devices and the other wireless communication devices may also be configured for Near Field Communication (NFC). NFC may be used to provide a load control device with its initial default configuration and/or an application specific configuration. Also, NFC may be used to transfer a configuration from one load control device that may have become faulty, to a replacement load control device. And NFC may be used to provide and trigger commands that may cause a load control load device to operate in a predetermined manner.
A wireless control device operable for wireless communication, the wireless control device comprising:
A method for controlling an electrical load, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a wireless control device causes the first wireless control device to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.