Designation based protocol systems for reconfiguring control relationships among devices
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1. A designation based system for use within a working environment, said system comprising:
- a plural of communicatively coupled devices, said devices comprising sensors capable of detecting a change in said system, and actuators capable of effecting a change in said system;
means for a user to physically and sequentially designate two or more of said devices; and
means for implementing, in a distributive manner, a programmable control relationship between said devices in response to said designation sequence.
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Abstract
A designation based system (1000) is used with a network (530) to provide for a reconfigurable working environment. The system (1000) employs at least one control wand (892) for transmitting spatial programming signals (890) to IR receivers (844) associated with switches (967) and connector modules (144). The connector modules (144) are connected to application devices, and controlled and controlling relationships can be configured and reconfigured between the switches (967) and the connector modules (144), thereby controlling interconnected application devices.
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73 Claims
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1. A designation based system for use within a working environment, said system comprising:
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a plural of communicatively coupled devices, said devices comprising sensors capable of detecting a change in said system, and actuators capable of effecting a change in said system; means for a user to physically and sequentially designate two or more of said devices; and means for implementing, in a distributive manner, a programmable control relationship between said devices in response to said designation sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A designation based system for use within a working environment, for configuring and modifying control relationships among devices, said system comprising:
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a plurality of said devices, operating as communicatively coupled devices, said devices comprising sensors capable of detecting a change in said system, and actuators capable of effecting a change in said system; and programming means comprising a hand-held configuration manually operable by a user to transmit programming signals to said sensors and to said actuators. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method for use in a designation based system for configuring and modifying a control relationship between sensors and actuators, said method comprising:
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using a programming means comprising a hand-held configuration manually operable by a user so as to transmit programming signals to said actuators and to said sensors; sensing, at said actuators, receipt of said programming signals; sensing, at said sensors, receipt of said programming signals; and effecting said control relationship between said actuators and said sensors based on said transmitted programming signals.
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64. A method for use in a designation based system for configuring and modifying a control relationship between sensors and actuators, said method comprising:
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configuring a programming means comprising a hand-held configuration manually operable by a user so as to transmit programming signals to said actuators; transmitting further programming signals from said programming means to said actuators; determining, through programmable processes, prior sets of programming signals transmitted by said programming means; determining a next prior set of programming signals transmitted to said sensors; and effecting a particular control relationship between said actuators and said sensors based on a sequential relationship existing between transmission of said programming signals to said actuators and said programming signals to said sensors. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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67. A method for use in a designation based system for configuring and modifying a control relationship between sets of switches and sets of lights, said method comprising:
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using a hand-held and manually operable wand having transmission means for transmitting a first particular command signal C to switch S, where C is representative of the sequence number of the command signal from said wand, and S is representative of the particular switch to which the command signal is transmitted; transmitting a second particular command signal C+1 to light L, where L is representative of a particular one of said lights to which said command signal C+1 is transmitted; transmitting a third particular command signal C+2 to light M, where M is representative of a particular one of said lights to which said command signal C+2 is transmitted; transmitting a forth particular command signal C+3 to light N, where N is representative of a particular one of said lights to which said command signal C+3 is transmitted; transmitting a fifth particular command signal C+4 to switch T, where T is representative of a particular one of said set of switches to which said command signal C+4 is transmitted; determining that said command signal C+3 was a command signal to said light N; effecting control of said light N by said switch T; determining that said command signal C+2 was a command signal to said light M; effecting control of said light M by said switch T; determining that said command signal C+1 was a command signal to said light L; effecting control of said light L by said switch T; determining that said command signal C was a command signal to said switch S; and determining that a particular sequential configuration of control has been completed. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. A method for use in a designation based system for configuring and modifying a control relationship between sets of switches and sets of lights, said method comprising:
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using a hand-held and manually operable wand having transmission means for transmitting command signals to certain ones of said lights; transmitting further command signals to particular ones of said switches; and removing a controlling relationship between said certain ones of said switches and such certain ones of said lights, based upon said command signals and said further command signals.
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