ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,255, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Lighting control system with light show overrides" was invented by Horace C. Ho (Austin, Texas), Julianne M. Trenary (Austin, Texas) and Matthew R. Blakeley (Allentown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for a load control system which produces a show by adjusting one or more parameter values, such as color temperature, intensity, spectrum, volume, load state, and position of a window covering, as a function of a show time equal to a current time of day. The load control system is responsive to receiving commands to ...