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Granted Patent B2
US 12,412,467 · App. 18/075,028 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Network access coordination of load control devices

Inventor: Jeremy Thomas Neyhart (Bethlehem, PA)
Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
G08C17/02G05B15/02H04L12/2807H04L12/2823H04W76/20H04L2012/2841H04W74/00
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Patent No.
US 12,412,467
App. No.
18/075,028
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus may control the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load, and may comprise a controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also comprise a controller that may be operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also include a first wireless communication circuit operable to communicate via a first protocol and to join a first wireless communication network operable to communicate via the first protocol. The first wireless communication circuit may be in communication with the controller. The controller may be operative to determine a first condition for communicating via the first protocol. The controller may also be operable to control the first wireless communication circuit to join the first wireless communication network upon the first condition being satisfied.

Claims (92)

1. An electrical load control device, comprising:

first communications interface circuitry communicatively couplable to a first network using a first communication protocol;

second communications interface circuitry communicatively couplable to a second network using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol;

memory circuitry to store configuration information;

control circuitry communicatively coupled to the first communications interface circuitry and to the second communications interface circuitry, the control circuitry to:

receive a first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network;

communicatively couple, via the second communications interface circuitry, to the second network;

receive, a second instruction to update one or more configuration parameters;

receive, via the second communications interface circuitry, one or more updated configuration parameters;

update the stored configuration information with the one or more updated configuration parameters;

terminate the connection with the second network responsive to at least one of:

receipt of an instruction to terminate the connection to the second network; or

fulfillment of at least one condition precedent to terminate the connection to the second network; and

communicatively couple, via the first network circuitry, to the first network.

2. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the control circuitry to further:

receive, via the first communications interface circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the first instruction communicated by a peer electrical load control device communicatively coupled to the first network.

3. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the control circuitry to further:

receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from a portable electronic device communicatively coupled to the electrical load control device.

4. The electrical load control device of claim 3 :

wherein the electrical load control device further comprises optical communications interface circuitry; and

wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from the portable electronic device, the control circuitry to further:

receive, from the portable electronic device via the optical communications circuitry, an optical communication that includes the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

5. The electrical load control device of claim 3 :

wherein the electrical load control device further comprises third communications interface circuitry; and

wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from the portable electronic device, the control circuitry to further:

receive, from the portable electronic device via the third communications interface circuitry, at least one of: a Bluetooth® message or a Near-Field Communication (NFC) message that includes the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

6. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the control circuitry to further:

receive, via the first communications interface circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the first instruction communicated by an electrical load control system controller communicatively coupled to the first network.

7. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the control circuitry to further:

receive, via the first communications interface circuitry using a proprietary communication protocol, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

8. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to communicatively couple to the second network via the second communications interface circuitry, the control circuitry to further:

communicatively couple to the second network via the second communications interface circuitry using a TCP/IP communication protocol.

9. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the control circuitry to further:

receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network via actuation of an actuator disposed on the surface of the electrical load control device.

10. The electrical load control device of claim 1 wherein to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the control circuitry to further:

terminate an established communicative coupling with the first network prior to communicatively coupling to the second network.

11. A method of updating one or more configuration parameters in an electrical load control device, the method comprising:

receiving, by control circuitry in an electrical load control device, a first instruction to communicatively couple to a second network;

communicatively coupling, by the control circuitry, to the second network;

receiving, by the control circuitry via the second network, a second instruction to update one or more configuration parameters;

receiving, by the control circuitry via the second network, the one or more updated configuration parameters;

updating, by the control circuitry, configuration information stored in memory circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry, with the one or more updated configuration parameters;

terminating, by the control circuitry, the connection with the second network responsive to at least one of:

receipt of an instruction to terminate the connection to the second network; or

fulfillment of at least one condition precedent to terminate the connection to the second network; and

communicatively coupling, by the control circuitry, to the first network.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further comprises:

receiving, by the control circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from a peer electrical load control device communicatively coupled to the first network.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further comprises:

receiving, by the control circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from a portable electronic device communicatively coupled to the electrical load control device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from the portable electronic device, further comprises:

receiving, from optical communications circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry, an optical communication that includes the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from the portable electronic device, further comprises:

receiving, from third communications interface circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry, at least one of: a Bluetooth® message or a Near-Field Communication (NFC) message that includes the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further comprises:

receiving, by the control circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the first instruction communicated by an electrical load control system controller communicatively coupled to the first network.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further comprises:

receiving, by the control circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network using a proprietary communication protocol.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein communicatively coupling to the second network further comprises:

communicatively coupling, by the control circuitry, to the second network using a TCP/IP communication protocol.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further comprises:

receiving, by the control circuitry, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network via manual actuation of an actuator operatively coupled to the electrical load control device.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

terminating an established communicative coupling with the first network responsive to receipt of the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

21. A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by control circuitry operatively coupled to an electrical load control device, cause the control circuitry to:

receive a first instruction to communicatively couple to a second network;

communicatively couple to the second network responsive to receipt of the first instruction;

receive a second instruction to update one or more configuration parameters via the second network;

receive the one or more updated configuration parameters via the second network;

update configuration information stored in memory circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry, with the one or more updated configuration parameters;

terminate the connection with the second network responsive to at least one of:

receipt of an instruction to terminate the connection to the second network; or

fulfillment of at least one condition precedent to terminate the connection to the second network; and

communicatively couple to the first network.

22. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further cause the control circuitry to:

receive, via a first network, the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from a peer electrical load control device communicatively coupled to the first network.

23. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further cause the control circuitry to:

receiving the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from a portable electronic device communicatively coupled to the electrical load control device.

24. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from the portable electronic device, further cause the control circuitry to:

receive, via communicatively coupled optical communications circuitry, an optical communication that includes the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

25. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network from the portable electronic device, further cause the control circuitry to:

receive at least one of: a Bluetooth™ message or a Near-Field Communication (NFC) message that includes the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

26. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further cause the control circuitry to:

receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network, the first instruction communicated by an electrical load control system controller communicatively coupled to the first network.

27. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further cause the control circuitry to:

receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network using a proprietary communication protocol.

28. The method of claim 11 The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to communicatively couple to the second network further cause the control circuitry to:

communicatively couple to the second network using a TCP/IP communication protocol.

29. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network further cause the control circuitry to:

receive the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network via manual actuation of an actuator operatively coupled to the electrical load control device.

30. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 21 wherein the instructions further cause the control circuitry to:

terminate an established communicative coupling with the first network responsive to receipt of the first instruction to communicatively couple to the second network.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 16989145 · Aug 10, 2020
Continuation 16102357 · Aug 13, 2018
Continuation 15011257 · Jan 29, 2016
Continuation 13796486 · Mar 12, 2013
Provisional Application 61745419 · Dec 21, 2012
Related Publication 20230105057A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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