Wireless light controller system and method

Abstract

In some examples, wireless light controller technology includes methods and apparatuses. In other examples, the technology includes one or more lights on a power line. Each light of the one or more lights is individually controllable via power line communication over the power line. The technology further includes a wireless device configured to transmit wireless communication. The wireless communication includes instructions to control the one or more lights. The technology further includes a wireless light controller configured to receive the wireless communication and transmit the instructions to control the one or more lights over the power line communication to the one or more lights.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wireless light controller system, comprising:
 one or more lights on a power line, each light of the one or more lights being individually controllable via power line communication over the power line;   a wireless device configured to transmit wireless communication, wherein the wireless communication comprises instructions to control the one or more lights; and   a wireless light controller configured to receive the wireless communication and transmit the instructions to control the one or more lights over the power line, further configured to receive information over the power line from the one or more lights.   
     
     
         2 . The wireless light controller system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more lights are individually addressable to control the one or more lights. 
     
     
         3 . The wireless light controller system of  claim 2 , wherein the instructions to control the one or more lights comprise one or more addresses for individual lights in the one or more lights. 
     
     
         4 . The wireless light controller system of  claim 1 , further comprising the wireless light controller further configured to transmit the power line communication to a light in the one or more lights based on a light address associated with the light. 
     
     
         5 . The wireless light controller system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to control the one or more lights comprise a color temperature instruction for at least one of the one or more lights. 
     
     
         6 . The wireless light controller system of  claim 5 , wherein the color temperature instruction comprises individual intensity instructions for one or more color temperature light emitting diodes (LEDs) in the one or more lights. 
     
     
         7 . The wireless controller system of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication is a first wireless communication, and wherein the wireless light controller is further configured to generate second wireless communication based on the received information and the wireless device is further configured to receive the second wireless communication and based on the second wireless communication generate, second instructions to control the one or more lights. 
     
     
         8 . The wireless controller system of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless the wireless device is further configured to receive second wireless communication, and wherein the second wireless communication comprises the status information for the one or more lights. 
     
     
         9 . The wireless controller system of  claim 1 , wherein the information comprises status information for the one or more lights and the status information comprises usage information, temperature information, expected life information, color temperature information, or any combination thereof.