# US 2019/0320518 A1 · Installing or changing an executable computer program in an illumination system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0320518 A1 - Document ID: US20190320518A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/470,126 - Filed: 2017-12-22 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-23 - Assignees: OSRAM GmbH - Applicants: Osram GmbH - Inventors: Henry FEIL; Christoph PEITZ; Michel STUTZ; Karl-Heinz WALLWITZ; Andrej WALLWITZ - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190320518A1 ## CPC - G06F 8/61: Installation - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - H05B 47/155: Coordinated control of two or more light sources - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract The invention relates to a method for installing an executable computer program in an illumination system having a plurality of illumination devices which are controlled by means of a particular computer unit and have a lighting device and a transmitting device arranged in or directly on the lighting device, wherein the transmitting device wirelessly emits a signal having an item of identification information specific to the transmitting device, in which: data corresponding to the computer program to be installed are provided by a data source, the data are transmitted to the illumination devices and the computer program is automatically installed in the respective computer units of the illumination devices on the basis of the transmitted data, wherein a first of the illumination devices receives the data via a communication link, and in order to install the computer program in at least one second of the illumination devices, the first of the illumination devices transmits the data to the at least one second of the illumination devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for installing or changing an executable computer program in an illumination system with a plurality of illumination devices controlled by a respective computer unit, which comprise a lighting device and a transmitting device arranged in or immediately at the lighting device, wherein the transmitting device wirelessly emits a signal with identification information specific to the transmitting device, the method comprising: providing data corresponding to the computer program to be installed or to be changed from a data source, communicating the data to the illumination devices, and installing the computer program in the respective computer units of the illumination devices in an automated manner or changing an already installed computer program in an automated manner based on the communicated data, wherein a communication link exists between the illumination devices, a first one of the illumination devices obtains the data from the data source and for installing or changing the computer program in at least a second one of the illumination devices, the first one of the illumination devices communicates the data to the at least one second one of the illumination devices via the communication link. ### Claim 2 A method for installing or changing an executable computer program in an illumination system with a plurality of illumination devices, which comprise a lighting device, a transmitting device arranged in or immediately at the lighting device and a respective computer unit, wherein the transmitting device wirelessly emits a signal with identification information specific to the transmitting device, the method comprising: providing data corresponding to the computer program to be installed or to be changed from a data source, communicating the data is communicated to the illumination devices, and installing the computer program in the respective computer units of the illumination devices in an automated manner or changing an already installed computer program in an automated manner based on the communicated data, wherein a communication link exists between the illumination devices, a first one of the illumination devices obtains the data from the data source, and for installing or changing the computer program in at least a second one of the illumination devices, the first one of the illumination devices communicates the data to the at least one second one of the illumination devices via the communication link. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein data for installing or changing the computer program of the second one of the illumination devices is examined in the second one of the illumination devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the second one of the illumination devices communicates the data to at least one further one of the illumination devices via the communication link. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication link is terminated after communicating the data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data is stored at least at the first one of the illumination devices in a storage unit of the illumination device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data is communicated from the first illumination device to the at least one second one of the illumination devices only after installing or changing the computer program of the first illumination device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the installation or the change of the computer program is effected at a preset point of time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the point of time at least depends on an operating state of the respective illumination device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the point of time for installing or changing the computer program depends on installation or change information contained in the data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the point of time depends on availability of electrical energy for an intended operation of the respective illumination device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first one of the illumination devices recognizes a new second illumination device and communicates the data to the new second one of the illumination devices in an automated manner. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data is only communicated to second illumination devices in a preset spatial region and/or with a preset spatial distance to the first illumination device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one presettable active functionality of the illumination device is deactivated and/or a preset deactivated functionality is activated during installation or change of the computer program. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a functionality available in a respective one of the illumination devices is activated or deactivated by the installation or the change of the computer program. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data is provided via a communications terminal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the data source is at least partially provided by the communications terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the respective lighting device and the respectively assigned one of the transmitting devices are in a communication link via a BUS. ### Claim 19 An illumination system comprising: a plurality of illumination devices controlled by a respective computer unit, which comprise a lighting device and a transmitting device arranged in or immediately at the lighting device, wherein the transmitting device is formed to wirelessly emit a signal with identification information specific to the transmitting device, a data source connection for connecting to a data source providing data corresponding to a computer program to be installed or to be changed, wherein the illumination devices are formed to install the computer program in the respective computer units of the illumination devices in an automated manner or to change an already installed computer program in an automated manner based on the communicated data, wherein a communication link exists between the illumination devices, at least a first one of the illumination devices is formed to obtain the data from the data source, and for installing or changing the computer program in at least one second one of the illumination devices, the first one of the illumination devices is formed to communicate the data to the at least one second one of the illumination devices via the communication link. ### Claim 20 An illumination system comprising: a plurality of illumination devices, which comprise a lighting device, a transmitting device arranged in or immediately at the lighting device and a respective computer unit, wherein the transmitting device is formed to wirelessly emit a signal with identification information specific to the transmitting device, a data source connection for connecting to a data source providing data corresponding to a computer program to be installed or to be changed, wherein the illumination devices are formed to install the computer program in the respective computer units of the illumination devices in an automated manner or to change an already installed computer program in an automated manner based on the communicated data, wherein a communication link exists between the illumination devices, at least a first one of the illumination devices is formed to obtain the data from the data source, and for installing or changing the computer program in at least one second one or the illumination devices, the first one of the illumination devices is formed to communicate the data to the at least one second one of the illumination devices via the communication link.