Method and apparatus for a geographically determined Jewish religious clock and electrical device combination with holiday and preference modes
First Claim
1. A programmable lighting-control device for controlling building and/or household lighting, comprising:
- a switch including a switch mechanism for controlling an electrical circuit to turn said lighting on and off; and
a control system including;
a memory for storing date data, time data, geographic location data, settings corresponding to a holiday mode and settings corresponding to a normal mode; and
a processor configured to alternate the lighting-control device between the normal mode and the holiday mode,wherein in the normal mode the switch mechanism is operational to turn said lighting on and off in a normal light switching operation, andwherein in the holiday mode the control system overrides the normal mode functionality of the switch mechanism, fixes the state of said lighting in its current on/off state, and maintains the state of said lighting in its current on/off state for the duration of the holiday mode regardless of a user'"'"'s physical manipulation of the switch mechanism.
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Abstract
An independently functioning or centrally controlled wall light switch is configured to operate in normal mode and a Jewish holiday mode wherein the state of the light is fixed, regardless of the user'"'"'s physical manipulation of the light switch. The control system automatically activates holiday mode by combining a geographically determined Jewish religious clock executed by software and hardware that utilizes the current time, date and geographical location of the apparatus in accordance with the Jewish definition of time and laws for calculating numerous religiously significant shifting daily points in time. The control system further incorporates several energy saving and preference modes by utilizing a particular day'"'"'s calculated religious points in time in conjunction with holiday behavior patterns common to most Jewish families to provide the user with a greatly simplified means of programming an automatically adjusting on/off light timer and dimming overlay functionality during holiday mode.
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35 Claims
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1. A programmable lighting-control device for controlling building and/or household lighting, comprising:
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a switch including a switch mechanism for controlling an electrical circuit to turn said lighting on and off; and a control system including; a memory for storing date data, time data, geographic location data, settings corresponding to a holiday mode and settings corresponding to a normal mode; and a processor configured to alternate the lighting-control device between the normal mode and the holiday mode, wherein in the normal mode the switch mechanism is operational to turn said lighting on and off in a normal light switching operation, and wherein in the holiday mode the control system overrides the normal mode functionality of the switch mechanism, fixes the state of said lighting in its current on/off state, and maintains the state of said lighting in its current on/off state for the duration of the holiday mode regardless of a user'"'"'s physical manipulation of the switch mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A programmable electrical-control apparatus for controlling electrical current in an electrical circuit, comprising:
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a switch including a switch mechanism for operating the circuit to apply electrical current to and remove electrical current from an electrically operated device other than a lighting device; and a control system including; a memory for storing date data, time data, geographic location data, settings corresponding to a holiday mode and settings corresponding to a normal mode; and a processor configured to alternate the electrical-control apparatus between the normal mode and the holiday mode; wherein in the normal mode the switch mechanism is operational to apply electrical current to and remove electrical current from the electrically operated device in a normal switching operation to turn the electrically operated device on and off, and wherein in the holiday mode the control system overrides the normal mode functionality of the switch mechanism, fixes the state of the electrically operated device in its existing on/off state, and maintains the state of the electrically operated device in its existing on/off state for the duration of the holiday mode regardless of a user'"'"'s physical manipulation of the switch mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A programmable electrical-control apparatus for controlling electrical current in an electrical circuit, comprising:
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a switch including a switch mechanism for operating the circuit to apply electrical current to and remove electrical current from an electrically operated device selected from the group consisting of a refrigerator, a stove, a dishwasher, a food warming plate, a crockpot, an electric hot water pot, an alarm clock, a wrist watch, a hot water control valve, a plug wall outlet, an external plugin timer, an electrical door locking system, a motion detection security system, and an alarm system; and a control system including; a memory for storing date data, time data, geographic location data, settings corresponding to a holiday mode and settings corresponding to a normal mode; and a processor configured to alternate the electrical-control apparatus between the normal mode and the holiday mode; wherein in the normal mode the switch mechanism is operational to apply electrical current to and remove electrical current from the electrically operated device in a normal switching operation to turn the electrically operated device on and off, and wherein in the holiday mode the control system overrides the normal mode functionality of the switch mechanism, fixes the state of the electrically operated device in its existing on/off state, and maintains the state of the electrically operated device in its existing on/off state for the duration of the holiday mode regardless of a user'"'"'s physical manipulation of the switch mechanism.
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