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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Gnanagiri Balasubramaniam, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Richard Leo Black, Gilbertsville, PA (US);
Brian Michael Courtney, Warminster, PA (US);
Jason Douglass Craze, Allentown, PA (US);
Stuart William Dejonge, Riegelsville, PA (US);
William Harlan Howe, Palm, PA (US);
Benjamin Aaron Johnson, Quakertown, PA (US);
Glen Andrew Kruse, Lansdale, PA (US);
Donald Ray Mosebrook, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Daniel Curtis Raneri, Easton, PA (US);
Chris Mark Rogan, Pleasant Gap, PA (US);
Timothy Russell Roper, Pen Argyl, PA (US);
Siddarth P. Sinha, Fontainbleau, FR;
Steven Spencer Thompson, Quakertown, PA (US);
Brian Raymond Valenta, Emmaus, PA (US);
Robert Francis Walko, Jr., Perkasie, PA (US);
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A wireless control system for lighting or the like has a central processor that receives commands from keypads and other control devices, and sends commands to dimmers and other controlled devices. The central processor also receives status reports from the dimmers and sends updates to the keypads, in order to ensure that displays on the keypads are up to date.