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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2018
Applicant:

The Watt Stopper, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Louia Weidman, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Peter John Horton, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Jason H. Joyce, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Eric J. Fournier, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Watt Stopper, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/0062 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2638 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 40/124 (2013.01); Y10T 307/461 (2015.04); Y10T 307/469 (2015.04); Y10T 307/477 (2015.04);
Abstract

The methods and apparatus described enable automatic configuration, or commissioning, of controller devices and load control devices through a low voltage communication network controlled by one or more controller devices. These methods and apparatus further enable expansion of the load control system by connection of additional loads and or load control devices and or controller devices which will reinitialize the low voltage communication network and automatically reconfigure the controller devices and load control devices connected to the network.


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