Networked lighting management
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1. A method comprising:
- accepting, at a light fixture in a networked lighting system, a lighting request, wherein the light fixture comprises a local processor and a plurality of light emitters;
determining, at the light fixture, whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message; and
performing, at the light fixture, one or more operations in response to the lighting request depending on whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message.
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Abstract
Techniques presented herein are directed to lighting management techniques supporting lighting functions of networked light fixtures. In accordance with one example, a light fixture in networked lighting system accepts a lighting request transmitted by a computing device. The light fixture determines whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message and performs one or more operations in response to the lighting request depending on whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message.
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1. A method comprising:
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accepting, at a light fixture in a networked lighting system, a lighting request, wherein the light fixture comprises a local processor and a plurality of light emitters; determining, at the light fixture, whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message; and performing, at the light fixture, one or more operations in response to the lighting request depending on whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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one or more network interface devices; a plurality of light emitters a memory; and a processor that; accepts a lighting request, determines whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message, and performs one or more operations in response to the lighting request depending on whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
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accept, at a light fixture in a networked lighting system, a lighting request, wherein the light fixture comprises a local processor and a plurality of light emitters; determine, at the light fixture, whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message; and perform, at the light fixture, one or more operations in response to the lighting request depending on whether the lighting request is a control message or a query message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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