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US 11,460,992 B2Granted
Communicating with and controlling load control systems
AssigneeLutron Technology Company LLC
InventorsErica L Clymer, Christopher M. Jones, Benjamin F. Bard, Rhythm Agarwal, Shenchi Tian, Kyle T. Barco, Thomas L. Olson, Neil R. Orchowski
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating via a communications network with a load control system of a respective user environment, receiving information on the load control system via the communications network, displaying graphical user interfaces based on the received information, and controlling and configuring the load control system via graphical user interfaces by communicating via the communications network messages with the load control system.
Claims95
An apparatus comprising:
- a display screen;
- a communications circuit;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and having instructions stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to:
- receive via the communications circuit from a communications network information associated with lighting control devices, and wherein each lighting control device is configured to control a respective lighting load located within an environment;
- determine from the received information a number of lighting control devices with their respective lighting loads in an on state;
- display to a user on the display screen a first graphical user interface that comprises a lighting devices icon that represents lighting control devices, wherein the lighting devices icon is selectable by the user;
- display with the lighting devices icon a numerical value corresponding to the determined number of lighting control devices with their respective lighting loads in the on state;
- detect a selection of the lighting devices icon by the user;
- and
- responsive to detecting the selection of the lighting devices icon, display to the user a second graphical user interface on the display screen, and further display within the second graphical user interface a respective icon corresponding to each of the lighting control devices that has its respective lighting load in the on state, wherein the second graphical user interface does not include a respective icon for any of the lighting control devices that has its respective lighting load in the off state.
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A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to:
- receive via a communications circuit from a communications network information associated with lighting control devices, and wherein each lighting control device is configured to control a respective lighting load located within an environment;
- determine from the received information a number of lighting control devices with their respective lighting loads in an on state;
- display to a user on a display screen a first graphical user interface that comprises a lighting devices icon that represents lighting control devices, wherein the lighting devices icon is selectable by the user;
- display with the lighting devices icon a numerical value corresponding to the determined number of lighting control devices with their respective lighting loads in the on state;
- detect a selection of the lighting devices icon by the user;
- and
- responsive to detecting the selection of the lighting devices icon, display to the user a second graphical user interface on the display screen, and further display within the second graphical user interface a respective icon corresponding to each of the lighting control devices that has its respective lighting load in the on state, wherein the second graphical user interface does not include a respective icon for any of the lighting control devices that has its respective lighting load in the off state.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one processor via a communications circuit from a communications network, information associated with lighting control devices, and wherein each lighting control device is configured to control a respective lighting load located within an environment;
- determining, by the at least one processor, from the received information a number of lighting control devices with their respective lighting loads in an on state;
- displaying, by the at least one processor, to a user on a display screen a first graphical user interface that comprises a lighting devices icon that represents lighting control devices, wherein the lighting devices icon is selectable by the user;
- displaying, by the at least one processor, with the lighting devices icon a numerical value corresponding to the determined number of lighting control devices with their respective lighting loads in the on state;
- detecting, by the at least one processor, a selection of the lighting devices icon by the user;
- and
- responsive to detecting the selection of the lighting devices icon, displaying, by the at least one processor, to the user a second graphical user interface on the display screen, and further displaying within the second graphical user interface a respective icon corresponding to each of the lighting control devices that has its respective lighting load in the on state, wherein the second graphical user interface does not include a respective icon for any of the lighting control devices that has its respective lighting load in the off state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.