Real-Time Lighting Attribute Synchronization via Social Network Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital lighting systems lack user-friendly solutions for sharing and synchronizing lighting settings in real-time, limiting users' ability to share dynamic lighting settings and select with whom they share them.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and apparatus that allows users to publish and synchronize lighting attributes in real-time across network-connected lighting systems, enabling selective energizing of LEDs to match the light emitted by remote systems, with options for granular access control and social network integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users share lighting settings through existing systems, then lighting settings can be shared, but users cannot share in real-time and cannot select with whom they share
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a social network platform as an intermediary between lighting systems and users. The system publishes lighting settings to the social network platform, which then distributes them to connected users. This mediator enables real-time sharing, selective visibility control, and user-friendly access without requiring direct peer-to-peer connections between lighting systems.
2Productivity
If lighting settings are shared statically, then sharing is simple, but users cannot share dynamic lighting settings in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously publishes lighting settings attributes to the social network platform in real-time as they change. Instead of periodic or on-demand updates, the lighting system maintains a continuous data feed that automatically pushes updated settings to all connected users immediately when changes occur, enabling real-time synchronization without manual intervention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If all lighting attributes are shared with all users, then sharing is simple, but granular access control is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments lighting settings into distinct attributes (e.g., color temperature, intensity, hue) and allows selective publishing of individual attributes to different user groups. Users can control which specific attributes are shared with which followers on the social network platform, enabling granular access control without managing complex permission structures centrally.
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AI summary
System, methods, computer-readable media and apparatus are described herein for sharing lighting settings between lighting systems in real time. In some embodiments, a user may configure a local lighting system to "follow" a remote lighting system, such that the local lighting system emits light that resembles light emitted contemporaneously by the remote lighting system. Likewise, a user may cause one or more attributes of light emitted by a local lighting system to be published, so that other remote lighting systems may follow the local lighting system.