Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.

Abstract: The invention is directed to detecting and taking action against unauthorized behavior, such as cheating, committed by a participant in a networked game. A game client receives from an anti-cheat server one or more encrypted blocks containing executable code and computer-readable data. The anti-cheat server transmits a series of challenges, at periodic or randomly-determined intervals, to the game client. A challenge includes instructions regarding the decryption and manipulation of a black box. The anti-cheat server monitors responses, if any, by the game client to the challenges, and determines whether the game client is engaged in unauthorized behavior. The nature of a challenge is such that the player is not easily able to determine or predict whether the challenge actually performs a meaningful cheat-detection procedure, whether the challenge is identical to a challenge received by another player, and whether the challenge is substantially the same as a previously-received challenge.

Abstract: The invention is directed to detecting and taking action against unauthorized behavior, such as cheating, committed by a participant in a networked game. A game client receives from an anti-cheat server one or more encrypted blocks containing executable code and computer-readable data. The anti-cheat server transmits a series of challenges, at periodic or randomly-determined intervals, to the game client. A challenge includes instructions regarding the decryption and manipulation of a black box. The anti-cheat server monitors responses, if any, by the game client to the challenges, and determines whether the game client is engaged in unauthorized behavior. The nature of a challenge is such that the player is not easily able to determine or predict whether the challenge actually performs a meaningful cheat-detection procedure, whether the challenge is identical to a challenge received by another player, and whether the challenge is substantially the same as a previously-received challenge.

Abstract: A control system includes a processor transmitting signals to a shade network and a lighting system directing that motorized shades and dimmable loads be set to desired intensity levels. A communication interface having a buffer is connected between the processor and the shade network. The communication interface provides for communication with the processor based on streaming protocol and with the shade network based on event-based protocol. The shade network converts intensity levels into shade positions. The processor may direct the shade network to move a shade in a series of substantially equal steps to simulate a relatively slowly moving shade. The processor may be connected to a timing device for creating a program based on time-based shade position information for directing the shades to be moved to given positions at certain times of day. A computer running user interface software may be be connected to the system to facilitate programming.

Abstract: In an electric system that controls electrical or state variable devices through inputs received from device operators such as switches, buttons and the like, where some of the button control or set sequences for the electrical devices and others predefined “presets”, an automatic sequence tracking process monitors the system and adjusts the position of the sequence steps for buttons that are associated therewith, to ensure that they always track the current condition of the electrical devices. Thereby, actuation of sequence generating buttons will always choose the next step in a sequence for the corresponding electrical device.

Abstract: A control system includes a processor transmitting signals to a shade network and a lighting system directing that motorized shades and dimmable loads be set to desired intensity levels. A communication interface having a buffer is connected between the processor and the shade network. The communication interface provides for communication with the processor based on streaming protocol and with the shade network based on event-based protocol. The shade network converts intensity levels into shade positions. The processor may direct the shade network to move a shade in a series of substantially equal steps to simulate a relatively slowly moving shade. The processor may be connected to a timing device for creating a program based on time-based shade position information for directing the shades to be moved to given positions at certain times of day. A computer running user interface software may be be connected to the system to facilitate programming.

Abstract: In an electric system that controls electrical or state variable devices through inputs received from device operators such as switches, buttons and the like, where some of the buttons control or set sequences for the electrical devices and others predefined “presets”, an automatic sequence tracking process monitors the system and adjusts the position of the sequence steps for buttons that are associated therewith, to ensure that they always track the current condition of the electrical devices. Thereby, actuation of sequence generating buttons will always choose the next step in a sequence for the corresponding electrical device.