# US 2025/0159778 A1 · Configuring a load control system

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- Number: US 2025/0159778 A1
- Document ID: US20250159778A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/025,128
- Filed: 2025-01-16
- Published: 2025-05-15
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-15
- Assignees: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Applicants: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Inventors: Benjamin F. Bard; Craig Alan Casey; Erica L. Clymer; Christina Evans; Christoper Matthew Jones; Sanjeev Kumar; John Nill; Neil R. Orchowski; Brent Protzman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250159778A1

## CPC

- H05B 47/115: by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
- F24F 11/52: Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
- F24F 11/56: Remote control
- F24F 11/63: Electronic processing
- G05B 19/0426: {Programming the control sequence}
- H04L 9/321: {involving a third party or a trusted authority}
- H04L 12/281: {indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network (for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025)}
- H04L 12/282: {based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204)}
- H04L 63/0876: {based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint}
- H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission
- H05B 47/196: {characterised by user interface arrangements}
- H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices}
- H05B 47/135: by determining the type of light source being controlled (electrical parameters of light source being controlled H05B47/14)
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02)
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A load control system may be configured using a graphical user interface (GUI) software. The GUI software may be implemented to collect control devices and add the control devices to the load control system for configuration. Programming data may be automatically determined for the added control devices based on the type of control device, the location of the control device, and/or the load type controlled by the control device. The programming data may include control settings for a scene, a schedule, or an automated control feature. The programming data may be displayed for being viewed and/or adjusted by a user. The programming data may be transmitted to the control devices and/or a system controller for being implemented in performing load control.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device comprising:
a communications circuit; and
a control circuit, configured to:
receive an indication of at least one control device configured to control at least one electrical load in a load control system;
receive an indication of a purpose of the at least one control device in the load control system, wherein the purpose defines a function of the at least one control device or defines a function of the at least one electrical load controlled by the at least one control device;
receive an indication of at least one of a location or a purpose of the location associated with the at least one control device within the load control system;
program control settings for a scene configured to control the at least one electrical load via the at least one control device in response to a triggering event, wherein the control settings being configured to be programmed comprises the control circuit being configured to:
determine the control settings for the scene based on the purpose of the at least one control device and the at least one of the location or the purpose of the location; and
transmit, via the communications circuit, the control settings for the scene to the at least one control device, wherein the control settings are configured to control the at least one electrical load according to the defined scene in response to the triggering event.