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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Savant Systems, Inc., Hyannis, MA (US);
Robert P. Madonna, Osterville, MA (US);
Kevin C. Kicklighter, Cottonwood, UT (US);
Swapnil Bora, Dallas, TX (US);
Savant Systems, Inc., Hyannis, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an architecture for redundant control of wireless devices (e.g., wireless light fixtures, wireless light strips, wireless window shades, or other wireless devices) of a home automation system is provided that uses a combination of WLAN and WPAN communication. During normal operation of the home automation system, control commands generated in response to user input in a control application (app) on a control device (e.g., a remote control, mobile device, or other electronic device) are transmitted via a WLAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) to a bridge device (e.g., a lamp module or wireless keypad) proximate to the wireless device, which forwards the commands over a WPAN (e.g., BLE) to the wireless device. In the absence of an available WLAN connection (e.g., due to failure, prior to its configuration, etc.), the control device may send control commands via the WPAN (e.g., BLE) directly to the wireless device.