Industry Patents

Patent: 7167777

Wireless Internet Lighting Control System

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Patent Number: 7167777 
Title: Wireless Internet Lighting Control System 
Abstract: A lighting control system for managing utility operation parameters, including a ballast control module configured to communicate with a lighting ballast; a data processing module connected to the at least one ballast control module via a wireless communications link; and a wireless internet control center wirelessly connected to the ballast control module via the data processing module and arranged to operate a plurality of utility operation applications. The lighting control system may further include a plurality of repeaters connected to the data processing module. The communications link between the data processing module and the ballast control module is one of a local area network and a wide area network.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Budike 
Assignee: Powerweb Technologies 
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: G05D 9/00 
US Classification: 700/297 
Issue Date: 01-23-2007 
Filing Date: 11-04-2003 
Application : 10/700058 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 7167777 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 7167777 at Google Patents 

 

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