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Patent No.:

US 11722377 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2020

Coordinated startup routine for control devices of a network

Applicant:

Lutron Technology Company Llc, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Hayes, Allentown, PA (US);

Galen Edgar Knode, Macungie, PA (US);

Ankit Bhutani, Aston, PA (US);

Richard S. Camden, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Jordan H. Crafts, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Jason A. King, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Prasad Pramod Kulkarni, Allentown, PA (US);

Assignee:

Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Attorney:

Flaster Greenberg, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Diane D Mizrahi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); G16Y 10/80 (2020.01); G16Y 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 69/28 (2022.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 67/1087 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 67/1089 (2013.01); H04L 67/1093 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 69/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 74/085 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); G16Y 10/80 (2020.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/30 (2020.01);
Abstract

A control device may be configured to form a network at a unique coordinated startup time. The control device may identify a role assigned to the control device in a previously-formed network that the control device was attached to. The control device may determine a unique coordinated startup time for the control device based on the role assigned to the control device in the previously-formed network. The control device may initiate a network formation procedure at the unique coordinated startup time for the device. For example, the network formation procedure may cause the control device to attach to another control device in the network. The network formation procedure is configured to enable the control device to assume the role assigned to the control device in the previously-formed network in the new network.

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