Integrated programmable effect and functional lighting module

1. A lighting fixture comprising:

one or more processing circuits;

a lighting module communicatively coupled to the one or more processing circuits, comprising:

a first plurality of lighting elements comprising effect lighting communicatively coupled to a computing node;

a second plurality of lighting elements comprising functional lighting communicatively coupled to the computing node, wherein the lighting elements comprising the second plurality of lighting elements are oriented to illuminate a surface below the lighting fixture, wherein the first plurality of lighting elements and the second plurality of lighting elements comprise common lighting elements; and

a memory, in communication with the one or more processing circuits, wherein the memory comprises registers, wherein the registers store one or more programs comprising lighting patterns, wherein each lighting pattern comprises a sequence for illuminating a portion of lighting elements comprising the first plurality of lighting elements, in a predefined order; and

program instructions executable by the one or more processing circuits, via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processing circuits, from a client, via a network, a request to implement a specified lighting pattern;

identifying, by the one or more processing circuits, in the memory, one or more programs comprising the specified lighting pattern from the one or more programs comprising lighting patterns; and

executing, by the one or more processing circuits, the identified one or more programs comprising the specified lighting pattern, wherein the executing comprises implementing the specified lighting pattern in the lighting module.

2. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , further comprising:

a refractive element positioned proximate to the first plurality of lighting elements to refract light from the first plurality of lighting elements.

3. The lighting fixture of claim 2 , wherein the refractive element is selected from the group consisting of: a prism, a crystal, a wall of crystal, and refractive glass.

4. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein each lighting pattern further comprises instructions for adjusting a setting of the portion of lighting elements comprising the first plurality of lighting elements, the setting selected from the group consisting of: intensity and color temperature.

5. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein each lighting pattern further comprises instructions for adjusting a setting of the second plurality of lighting elements, the setting selected from the group consisting of: intensity and color temperature.

6. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processing circuits, from a computing resource of a distributed computing system, via the network, an additional one or more programs comprising additional lighting patterns; and

storing, by the one or more processing circuits, the additional one or more programs in the memory.

7. The lighting fixture of claim 6 , wherein the specified pattern comprises one or more programs of the additional one or more programs.

8. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of lighting elements are selected from the group consisting of: light emitting diodes and organic light-emitting diodes.

9. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of lighting elements are selected from the group consisting of: light emitting diodes and organic light-emitting diodes.

10. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the lighting module comprises a first circuit and a second circuit and the first plurality of lighting elements are coupled to the first circuit and the second plurality of lighting elements are coupled to the second circuit.

11. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein each lighting pattern further comprises instructions for adjusting a setting of the second plurality of lighting elements, the setting selected from the group consisting of: on and off.

12. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of lighting elements are oriented to illuminate in a direction at a right angle from an orientation of the second plurality of lighting elements.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of lighting elements and the second first plurality of lighting elements comprise lighting elements of a first color temperature and lighting elements of a second color temperature, respectively.

14. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein each lighting pattern further comprises timing parameters to indicate when to terminate implementation of the lighting pattern in the lighting module.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

obtaining, by one or more processing circuits, from a client, via a network, a request to implement a specified lighting pattern in one or more lighting fixtures, wherein each lighting fixture comprises:

a first plurality of lighting elements comprising effect lighting communicatively coupled to the one or more processing circuits; and

a second plurality of lighting elements comprising functional lighting communicatively coupled to the one or more processing circuits, wherein the lighting elements comprising the second plurality of lighting elements are oriented to illuminate a surface below the lighting fixture, wherein the first plurality of lighting elements and the second plurality of lighting elements comprise common lighting elements; and

identifying, by the one or more processing circuits, in a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processing circuits, one or more programs comprising the specified lighting pattern from the one or more programs comprising lighting patterns, wherein the specified lighting pattern comprises a sequence for illuminating a portion of lighting elements comprising the first plurality of lighting elements, in a predefined order; and

executing, by the one or more processing circuits, the identified one or more programs comprising the specified lighting pattern, wherein the executing comprises implementing the specified lighting pattern in the one or more lighting fixtures.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein implementing the specified lighting pattern in the one or more lighting fixtures comprises automatically adjusting a setting of the portion of lighting elements comprising the first plurality of lighting elements in each of the one or more lighting fixtures, the setting selected from the group consisting of: intensity and color temperature.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein implementing the specified lighting pattern in the one or more lighting fixtures comprises automatically adjusting a setting of the second plurality of lighting elements in each of the one or more lighting fixtures, the setting selected from the group consisting of: intensity and color temperature.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein implementing the specified lighting pattern in the one or more lighting fixtures comprises automatically adjusting a setting of the second plurality of lighting elements in each of the one or more lighting fixtures, the setting selected from the group consisting of: on and off.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the specified lighting pattern further comprises timing parameters to indicate when to terminate implementation of the lighting pattern in the one or more lighting fixtures.

20. The computer-implemented method claim 15 , further comprising:

generating, by the one or more processing circuits, the specified pattern, the generating comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processing circuits, from the client, via entry on the client in a graphical user interface, the sequence for illuminating the portion of lighting elements comprising the first plurality of lighting elements, in the predefined order; and

storing, by the one or more processing circuits, the sequence, as the specified pattern, in the memory.