Decorative lights with addressable color-controllable LED...

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2006-11-07

2006-11-07

Sember, Thomas M. (Department: 2875)

Illumination

Plural light sources

Particular wavelength

C362S259000, C315S184000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07131748

ABSTRACT:
A decorative lighting apparatus includes a decorative light strand having a plurality of addressable color-controllable red-green-blue (RGB) light-emitting diode (LED) nodes positioned therealong; a decorating selector which provides a plurality of user-selectable switch settings; control circuitry; and memory. The control circuitry selects, from the memory, stored holiday color data associated with a user-selectable switch setting and sends the holiday color data over one or more data lines to addressable color-controllable RGB LED nodes associated with LED node address data. Preferably, the plurality of holiday color schemes include color schemes for most major U.S. holidays including Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Independence Day, and Halloween.

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DEFINITION: Addressable, Merriam-Webster On Line Dictionary, www.merriam.com/dictionary/addressable, Mar. 17, 2006.
DEFINITION: Address, Merriam-Webster On Line Dictionary, www.merriam.com/dictionary/address, Mar. 17, 2006.
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Select pages from www.colorkinetics.com of Color Kinetics, Inc.; published at least as of Dec. 17, 2003.

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