Presence simulation system and method

A presence mimicking system comprising:

• a first lighting system arranged to illuminate a first environment;
• a second lighting system arranged to illuminate a second environment;
• a computer system configured to receive from the first lighting system an indication of a sequence of illumination settings, at least some of which have been applied to the first lighting system by at least one user when present in the first environment;
• and
• an input configured to receive a mimic instruction identifying the second environment as unoccupied;
• wherein the computer system is configured to:
• select the first lighting system from a set of candidate lighting systems by comparing a profile of the second Sighting system with profiles of the candidate lighting systems;
• and
• mimic, in response to the mimic instruction, in the unoccupied second environment the presence of the at least one user of the first environment by applying a matching sequence of illumination settings to the second lighting system.

A computer-implemented presence mimicking method, the method comprising implementing by a computer system the following steps:

• receiving from a first lighting system an indication of a sequence of illumination settings, at least some of which have been applied to the first lighting system by at least one user when present in a first environment illuminated thereby;
• receiving a mimic instruction, which identifies a second environment as unoccupied;
• select the first lighting system from a set of candidate lighting systems, by comparing a profile of the second lighting system with profiles of the candidate lighting systems;
• and
• in response to the mimic instruction, applying a matching sequence of illumination settings to a second lighting system of the unoccupied second environment, so as to mimic therein the presence of the at least one user of the first environment.