Systems and Methods for Developing and Distributing Illumination Data Files
First Claim
1. A system for the development of illumination data files, comprising:
- a luminaire development system coupled to a luminaire management system;
said luminaire development system, comprising one or more luminaire programmers capable of accessing and downloading luminaire developer tools from said luminaire management system and creating and uploading illumination data files to said luminaire management system over a communications channel;
said developer tools containing software for the creation of illumination data files;
said luminaire management system capable of validating luminaire developers and storing illumination data files.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for creating, distributing and playing illumination data files. The illumination data files, created using luminaire development systems are uploaded to a luminaire management system, where they are further processed and packaged for sale or license within a luminaire marketplace. Consumers and enterprises using luminaires may establish accounts with the luminaire management system and marketplace to access illumination data files for playback on individual or multiple luminaires. Consumers and enterprises may also create play lists and uniquely configure the luminaires to display various lighting effects based on user preferences, environmental factors or energy efficient settings.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for the development of illumination data files, comprising:
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a luminaire development system coupled to a luminaire management system; said luminaire development system, comprising one or more luminaire programmers capable of accessing and downloading luminaire developer tools from said luminaire management system and creating and uploading illumination data files to said luminaire management system over a communications channel; said developer tools containing software for the creation of illumination data files; said luminaire management system capable of validating luminaire developers and storing illumination data files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A luminaire marketplace system for the storage and distribution of illumination data files, said marketplace comprising:
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e-commerce server(s) which provide a user interface for displaying, browsing and purchasing illumination data files; a data storage server for storing illumination data files; a customer database for storing information on consumers and purchases of illumination data files; communication means for communicating with one or more customer client devices coupled to a lighting and control player. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An illumination data file playback system, comprising:
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a client device coupled to a luminaire marketplace over a communications channel, wherein said client device has software for downloading and organizing illumination data files; said client device further connected to a lighting and control player for executing said illumination data files, said player being capable of accessing illumination data from said data file representing a spectral distribution and in response to accessed illumination data, operating a luminaire with a plurality of emitters at respective intensities such that a combination of the respective intensities of the emitters produces the spectral distribution represented by the accessed illumination data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 30, 31)
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16. A computer implemented method for the creation and distribution of illumination data files, comprising the steps of:
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permitting a luminaire developer system to connect with a luminaire management system; providing the luminaire developer system tools for the creation of illumination data files; receiving illumination data files from the luminaire developer system; processing said illumination data files in the luminaire management system; providing customer access to said illumination data files. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A computer implemented method for the distribution of illumination data files, comprising the steps of:
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providing e-commerce server(s) which provide a user interface for displaying, browsing and purchasing illumination data files; providing a data storage server for storing illumination data files; providing a customer database for storing information on consumers and purchases of illumination data files; communicating with one or more customer client devices coupled to a lighting and control player, said player being capable of accessing illumination data from said data file representing a spectral distribution and in response to accessed illumination data, operating a luminaire with a plurality of emitters at respective intensities such that a combination of the respective intensities of the emitters produces the spectral distribution represented by the accessed illumination data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 34, 35)
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22. A computer implemented method for the playback of illumination data files, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a luminaire marketplace over a communications channel; downloading illumination data files to a client device; using said client device for executing said illumination data files, said client device coupled to a lighting and control player being capable of accessing illumination data from said data file representing a spectral distribution and in response to accessed illumination data, operating a luminaire with a plurality of emitters at respective intensities such that a combination of the respective intensities of the emitters produces the spectral distribution represented by the accessed illumination data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33)
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