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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Incipio, Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Andy Fathollahi, Irvine, CA (US);
Ahmed Abdallah, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Incipio, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A light bulb adapter is disclosed. The light bulb adapter has a main housing configured to house electronic circuits for wirelessly receiving controlling commands via WiFi from a user through the use of a software application installed in a mobile device. In operation, the user unplug a light bulb from an existing lighting fixture and plugs the light bulb plug of the light bulb adapter into the lighting fixture. A light bulb is inserted to the light bulb receptacle of the light bulb adapter. The user can connect a mobile device to the light bulb adapter over a wireless local area network via an accessory protocol and control the light bulb adapter, and subsequently the light bulb connected to it, using the accessory protocol.