Digital messages in a load control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11617251
APP PUB NO 20210028622A1
SERIAL NO

16871691

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A load control system may comprise load control devices for controlling respective electrical loads, and a system controller operable to transmit digital messages including different commands to the load control devices in response to a selection of a preset. The different commands may include a preset command configured to identify preset data in a device database stored at the load control device and/or a multi-output command configured to define the preset data for being stored in the device database. The system controller may decide which of the commands to transmit to the load control devices in response to the selection of the preset.

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  • LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Courtney, Brian Michael Bethlehem, US 41 1456
Gill, Timothy Bethlehem, US 32 550
Gopalakrishnan, Sriram Bethlehem, US 16 180
Shah, Roshni Ashwin Macungie, US 4 31
Sukumar, Vidya Allentown, US 4 31
Taipale, Mark S Harleysville, US 64 1516
Yorgey, Mark Allentown, US 4 31

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