Method and system of fleet management of shading devices

A mobile communications device to control two or more umbrellas, comprising:

• one or more wireless transceivers, the one or more wireless transceivers to transmit commands, instructions or messages to at least one umbrella and to receive commands, instructions, measurements, parameters or messages from the at least one umbrella;
• one or more processing devices;
• one or more memory devices;
• computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices, accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more or processors to:
• retrieve a list of umbrellas associated with the mobile communications device;
• receive a selection of at least a first umbrella and a second umbrella to be assigned as a first umbrella group;
• assign the first umbrella and the second umbrella as the first umbrella group;
• receive a selection of commands, instructions, parameters or messages to be communicated to the first umbrella group, the selection of commands including a first set of commands, instructions, parameters or messages to be communicated to the first umbrella and a second set of commands, instructions, parameters or messages to be communicated to the second umbrella;
• communicate, via a first wireless transceiver of the one or more wireless transceivers, the first set of commands, parameters, instructions or messages to the first umbrella' and
• communicate, via a second wireless transceiver of the one or more wireless transceivers, the second set of commands, parameters, instructions or messages to the second umbrella.

A mobile communications device to control two or more umbrellas, comprising:

• one or more wireless transceivers, the one or more wireless transceivers to transmit commands, instructions or messages to at least one umbrella and to receive commands, instructions, measurements, parameters or messages from the at least one umbrella;
• one or more processing devices;
• one or more memory devices;
• computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices, accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more or processors to:
• retrieve a list of umbrellas associated with the mobile communications device;
• analyze the list of umbrellas associated with the mobile communications device and create one or more groups of umbrellas based at least in part on an umbrella model, an umbrella type or an umbrella location;
• assign a first umbrella and a second umbrella as a first umbrella group of the one or more created groups of umbrella;
• receive a selection of commands, instructions, parameters or messages to be communicated to the first umbrella group;
• and
• communicate, via a wireless transceiver of the one or more wireless transceivers the selected commands, parameters, instructions or messages to a first umbrella and to a second umbrella.