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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Esko Olavi Dijk, Utrecht, NL;
Koen Johanna Guillaume Holtman, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention defines a HTTP or CoAP request message that combines one or more HTTP or CoAP requests along with timing information (-). The message is sent by a control device () to a network proxy (i.e. a network router ()) via a control network (). The network proxy decodes the message and subsequently controls destination devices, in particular luminaires (L, L, L, L), in a timed manner using the HTTP or CoAP requests. The network proxy is application-independent and also enables control of third party HTTP-or CoAP-based devices that are not aware of timed requests. Improved timing performance is obtained by choosing the network proxy location 'close by', in terms of network hops and/or latency, to the destination devices to be controlled.