# US 2018/0027633 A1 · Use of position data to determine a group monitor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0027633 A1 - Document ID: US20180027633A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/215,831 - Filed: 2016-07-21 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-21 - Assignees: ABL IP Holding LLC - Applicants: Abl IP Holding LLC - Inventors: John Peter Roquemore, III; John W. Scrimgeour - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027633A1 ## CPC - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04L 12/2807: {Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50)} - H04L 12/4625: {Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge} - H04M 11/00: Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - H05B 47/199: {Commissioning of light sources} - H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A method for selecting a lighting control group monitor does not require special device network configuration steps during manufacturing. The selected lighting control group monitor is determined based on a location of the lighting control group monitor relative to other lighting system elements within the lighting control group. One lighting system element most centrally located within the lighting control group is selected as the lighting control group monitor. A lighting control group network table listing an entry for each of the lighting system elements is modified such that the entry corresponding to the lighting control group monitor is the first entry in the lighting control group network table. The lighting control group network table is sent to the lighting control group monitor and the lighting control group monitor sends the lighting control group network table to the other lighting system elements in the lighting control group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, from each of a plurality of lighting system elements, an advertisement packet via a wireless commissioning network; establishing a commissioning network connection with each of the lighting system elements with the mobile device via the wireless commissioning network; building, at the mobile device, a lighting control group network table listing an entry for each of the lighting system elements to establish a lighting control group that communicates over a wireless lighting control network, the lighting control group network table including an entry for each of the plurality of lighting system elements; selecting, at the mobile device, one of the lighting system elements as a lighting control group monitor, the lighting control group monitor being selected based on a location of the lighting control group monitor relative to the other lighting system elements; and sending, from the mobile device and at least in part via the wireless commissioning network, the lighting control group network table to the lighting control group monitor of the plurality of lighting system elements to establish the lighting control group. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the lighting control group monitor comprises: for each of the plurality of lighting system elements, determining a location of the respective lighting system element; identifying, based on the determined locations, one lighting system element as being most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; and selecting the identified one lighting system element as the lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein: establishing the commissioning network connection with each of the lighting system elements further comprises deriving a respective location of each lighting system element based on a location of the mobile device during the respective established commissioning network connection; and determining the location of the respective lighting system element is based on the respective derived location. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein selecting the lighting control group monitor further comprises: identifying, based on the determined locations, another lighting system element as being the next most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; and selecting the other identified lighting system element as a backup lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein selecting the lighting control group monitor further comprises: repeatedly, for the remaining plurality of lighting system elements, identifying a subsequent lighting system element as being the next most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations such that the plurality of lighting system elements is ordered from most centrally located to least centrally located; and selecting, based on the order, each of the remaining plurality of lighting system elements as a correspondingly further subsequent backup lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein: establishing the commissioning network connection with each of the lighting system elements further comprises deriving a respective location of each lighting system element based on a location of the mobile device during the respective established commissioning network connection; and determining the location of the respective lighting system element is based on the respective derived location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: upon selecting the lighting control group monitor, modifying the entry for one selected system element in the lighting control group network table to indicate that the one selected system element is the lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: upon selecting the lighting control group monitor, selecting another of the lighting system elements as a backup lighting control group monitor, the backup lighting control group monitor being selected based on a location of the backup lighting control group monitor relative to the other lighting system elements; repeatedly selecting, based on a location relative to the other lighting system elements, a subsequent lighting system element as a subsequent backup lighting control group monitor such that, except for the lighting control group monitor, each lighting system element is selected as a backup to one other lighting system element; and modifying the lighting control group network table such that each entry indicates the corresponding lighting system element is either the lighting control group monitor, the backup lighting control group monitor or one of the subsequent backup lighting control group monitors. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: for each of the plurality of lighting system elements, determining a location of the respective lighting system element; identifying, based on the determined locations, a lighting system element as being most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; identifying, based on the determined locations, another lighting system element as being the next most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; repeatedly identifying, based on the determined locations, a subsequent lighting system element as being the subsequently next most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; selecting the lighting control group monitor comprises selecting the one determined lighting system element as the lighting control group monitor; selecting the backup lighting control group monitor comprises selecting the other identified lighting system element as the backup lighting control group monitor; and repeatedly selecting the subsequent backup lighting control group monitor comprises selecting each subsequently identified lighting system element as the next subsequent backup lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein: establishing the commissioning network connection with each of the lighting system elements further comprises deriving a respective location of each lighting system element based on a location of the mobile device during the respective established commissioning network connection; and determining the location of the respective lighting system element is based on the respective derived location. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless commissioning network is a 2 gigahertz or higher radio band and the wireless lighting control network is a sub-gigahertz radio band. ### Claim 12 A first lighting system element comprising: a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for: any-to-many communication, over a wireless lighting control network communication band, of control and systems operations information, during illumination operation and during control network operation over the lighting control network communication band; and point-to-point communication, over a wireless commissioning network communication band, of information other than the control and systems operations information, concurrently with at least some communications over the lighting control network communication band; a processor; a memory accessible to the processor; and programming in the memory which configures the processor to: transmit an advertisement packet via the wireless commissioning network communication band to a mobile device; establish a commissioning network connection with the mobile device via the wireless commissioning network communication band; receive a lighting control group network table listing an entry for each of a plurality of lighting system elements in a lighting control group to establish a lighting control group that communicates over the wireless lighting control network communication band, the lighting control group including the first lighting system element; after receiving the lighting control group network table, terminate the commissioning network connection between the first lighting system element and the mobile device; select a lighting control group monitor, lighting control group monitor selection based on a location of the lighting control group monitor relative to the other lighting system elements; store the lighting control group network table in the memory of the first lighting system element; and send, via the wireless lighting control network communication band, the lighting control group network table such that each lighting system element of the lighting control group receives the lighting control group network table. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The lighting system element of claim 12, wherein the programming in the memory further configures the processor to: for each of the plurality of lighting system elements, determine a location of the respective lighting system element; identify, based on the determined locations, one lighting system element as being most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; and select the one identified lighting system element as the lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The lighting system element of claim 13, wherein the programming in the memory configures the processor to determine each respective location by obtaining the respective location, each respective location derived from a respective location of the mobile device during an established commissioning network connection with the respective lighting system element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The lighting system element of claim 13, wherein the programming in the memory further configures the processor to: identifying, based on the determined locations, another lighting system element as being the next most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations; and selecting the other identified lighting system element as a backup lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The lighting system element of claim 15, wherein the programming in the memory configures the processor to: repeatedly, for the remaining plurality of lighting system elements, identify a subsequent lighting system element as being the next most centrally located relative to all of the determined locations such that the plurality of lighting system elements is ordered from most centrally located to least centrally located; and select, based on the order, each of the remaining plurality of lighting system elements as a correspondingly further subsequent backup lighting control group monitor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The lighting system element of claim 12, wherein the programming in the memory further configures the processor to modify, upon selection of the lighting control group monitor, the lighting control group network table such that the entry for the lighting control group monitor is a first entry in the lighting control group network table. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The lighting system element of claim 12, wherein the first lighting system element is line powered and the programming in the memory further configures the processor to: after terminating the commissioning network connection between the first lighting system element and the mobile device via the commissioning network communication band, continue to transmit advertisement packets via the commissioning network communication band to the mobile device. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a memory embodying programming instructions, wherein execution of the programming instructions by a processor configures the processor to perform functions, including functions to: receive, from each of a plurality of lighting system elements, an advertisement packet via a wireless commissioning network; establish a commissioning network connection with each of the lighting system elements via the wireless commissioning network; build a lighting control group network table listing an entry for each of the lighting system elements to establish a lighting control group that communicates over a wireless lighting control network, the lighting control group network table including an entry for each of the plurality of lighting system elements; select one of the lighting system elements as a lighting control group monitor, the lighting control group monitor being selected based on a location of the lighting control group monitor relative to the other lighting system elements; and send the lighting control group network table to the lighting control group monitor of the plurality of lighting system elements via the wireless commissioning network to establish the lighting control group. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a memory embodying programming instructions, wherein execution of the programming instructions by a processor configures the processor to perform functions, including functions to: transmit an advertisement packet via a wireless commissioning network communication band of a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for: any-to-many communication, over a wireless lighting control network communication band of the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system, of control and systems operations information, during illumination operation and during control network operation over the lighting control network communication band; and point-to-point communication, over the wireless commissioning network communication band, of information other than the control and systems operations information, concurrently with at least some communications over the lighting control network communication band; establish a commissioning network connection via the wireless commissioning network communication band; receive a lighting control group network table listing an entry for each of a plurality of lighting system elements in a lighting control group to establish a lighting control group that communicates over the wireless lighting control network communication band; after receiving the lighting control group network table, terminate the commissioning network connection; select a lighting control group monitor, lighting control group monitor selection based on a location of the lighting control group monitor relative to the other lighting system elements; and send, via the lighting control network communication band, the lighting control group network table to the lighting control group monitor.