System and method for light socket adaptation

• US 9,526,153 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2015
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cordelia Lighting Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Atif Mohammad Noori, Gordon Wai Yee Kwan, Kevin David Wolfe, Kevin Rohling, Levi Wilburn Wolfe, Steve Arnold
• Inventors: Noori, Atif Mohammad, Kwan, Gordon Wai Yee, Wolfe, Kevin David, Wolfe, Levi Wilburn, Rohling, Kevin, Arnold, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Daniel D
• Application Number:
  US14/621,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20150366039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 315/307, 315/131, 315/297
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/02 the elements being transformers, impedances or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0435 activated by remote control means
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/045 the sensor receiving a signal from a remote controller
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/06 the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A light socket adaptation system and method. A light socket adapter module comprises a female end designed to accept a light bulb, a male end designed to be placed in an existing light socket, Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry, Bluetooth LE transmit/receive circuitry, a processor that processes instructions received via one or more of the Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry and the Bluetooth LE transmit/receive circuitry, wherein the instructions are received from one or more of a remote server system and a mobile computing device, wherein the processor executes Bluetooth LE instructions to cause the light socket adapter module to detect Bluetooth LE enabled devices within a detection proximity of the light socket adapter module, and power supply control circuitry controllable by the processor, wherein the power supply control circuitry controls power supplied to a light bulb positioned in the female end of the light socket adapter module.

Claims

1. A lighting adapter module, comprising:

a first connection to a source of power;

a second connection to provide power to a lighting source;

Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry;

Bluetooth LE transmit/receive circuitry;

a processor that processes instructions received via one or more of the Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry and the Bluetooth LE transmit/receive circuitry, wherein the instructions are received from one or more of a remote server system and a mobile computing device;

wherein the processor executes Bluetooth LE instructions to cause the lighting adapter module to detect Bluetooth LE enabled devices within a detection proximity of the lighting adapter module;

wherein a detected Bluetooth LE enabled device is associated with a particular user identity, the particular user identity associated with a set of user preferences; and

power supply control circuitry controllable by the processor, wherein the power supply control circuitry controls power supplied to the lighting source;

wherein the processor, in response to detection of the Bluetooth LE enabled device and determination of the particular user identity, automatically processes instructions to modify the power supplied to the lighting source based on the set of user preferences.

2. The lighting adapter module according to claim 1, wherein provisioning the lighting adapter module comprises:

transmitting via Bluetooth LE a setup request signal to a mobile computing device;

pairing via Bluetooth LE with the mobile computing device;

locating an available Wi-Fi network;

transmitting information about the available Wi-Fi network to the mobile computing device;

receiving a Wi-Fi password via Bluetooth LE from the mobile computing device; and

connecting to the available Wi-Fi network.

3. A system, comprising:

a remote server system communicably coupled to a lighting adapter module via an Internet router and communicably coupled to a corresponding mobile computing device adapted to control the lighting adapter module;

wherein the lighting adapter module comprises;

a first connection to a source of power;

a second connection to provide power to a lighting source;

Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry;

Bluetooth LE transmit/receive circuitry;

a processor that processes instructions received via one or more of the Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry and the Bluetooth LE transmit/receive circuitry, wherein the instructions are received from one or more of the remote server system and the mobile computing device;

wherein the processor executes Bluetooth LE instructions to cause the lighting adapter module to detect Bluetooth LE enabled devices within a detection proximity of the lighting adapter module,

wherein a detected Bluetooth LE enabled device is associated with a particular user identity, the particular user identity associated with a set of user preferences; and

power supply control circuitry controllable by the processor, wherein the power supply control circuitry controls power supplied to the lighting source

wherein the processor, in response to detection of the Bluetooth LE enabled device and determination of the particular user identity, automatically processes instructions to modify the power supplied to the lighting source based on the set of user preferences.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the lighting adapter module is provisioned by

transmitting via Bluetooth LE a setup request signal to the mobile computing device;

pairing via Bluetooth LE with the mobile computing device;

locating an available Wi-Fi network;

transmitting information about the available Wi-Fi network to the mobile computing device;

receiving a Wi-Fi password via Bluetooth LE from the mobile computing device; and

connecting to the available Wi-Fi network.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a plurality of lighting adapter modules, wherein each lighting adapter module of the plurality of lighting adapter modules receives the Wi-Fi password simultaneously from the mobile computing device.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein a mobile computing device is authenticated by the remote server system before the mobile computing device is granted access to a provisioned lighting adapter module.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile computing device has limited access to the lighting adapter module.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein authentication of a mobile computing device comprises:

transmitting, by the lighting adapter module, a request for an access token to the remote server system;

receiving, by the lighting adapter module, the access token from the remote server system, wherein the remote server system authenticates the mobile computing device prior to providing the access token, and wherein the access token comprises a nonce and a signature;

writing, by the lighting adapter module, the nonce and signature into an authentication characteristic;

signing, by the lighting adapter module, the nonce using an API token received from the remote server system to produce a signed nonce;

comparing, by the lighting adapter module, the signed nonce to the signature; and

accessing, by the lighting adapter module, secured characteristics upon determining that the signed nonce and signature match.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein instructions received by the lighting adapter module include one or more of disable power to the lighting source, enable power to the lighting source, reduce power to the lighting source to produce a dimming effect, and increase power to the lighting source to increase brightness.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein the Wi-Fi transmit/receive circuitry is periodically disabled to save power.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein the lighting source is one of CFL, LED, Halogen, or Incandescent.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein the lighting adapter module acts as a gateway to remote server system.

13. The system of claim 3, wherein the remote server system transmits instructions for a lighting scheme to the lighting adapter module, wherein the lighting scheme is preselected by a registered user, and wherein the lighting scheme modifies power supplied to the lighting source.

14. The system of claim 3, wherein the lighting adapter module further comprises power consumption monitoring circuitry.

15. The system of claim 3, wherein the lighting adapter module automatically detects the type of the lighting source.

16. The system of claim 3, wherein the lighting adapter module calibrates the lighting source to determine an optimal dimming profile for the lighting source.