Building Management System Method and Interface

Abstract

A connected services system manages assets of building management systems of different organizations. An application server collects information from the assets, which is stored in various data stores associated with an account of the client organization, including an asset store, a group hierarchy store, a user account store, an asset ownership store, and a group ownership store. The group hierarchy store organizes the assets into tiered groups such as campuses, buildings, floors and wings. Users view, on graphical interfaces displayed on the displays of user devices, information from the asset store pertaining to assets that are owned by or shared with them according to the group ownership and asset ownership stores. The graphical interfaces include an asset panel for displaying detailed information about assets, a grouping selector, for filtering which assets for which information is displayed, and a status graphic for providing information concerning the status of the assets.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 359,428, filed on Jul. 7, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.[0002]This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. ______ filed on an even date herewith, entitled “Building Asset Management System”, attorney docket number 0324.0026US1 / F-FD001621US, now U.S. Patent Publication No. ______, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Building management systems are often installed within buildings owned or operated by commercial, residential, or governmental organizations. Examples of these buildings include offices, hospitals, warehouses, schools, shopping malls, government offices, and casinos.[0004]Building management systems include fire systems, security systems, access control systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and theft prevention systems. They ...

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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a method for organizing assets based on their risk of fire or intrusion. This helps to prioritize and focus on assets that are most important. It is done by security managers who create groups of assets based on their assessment of risk. This helps to allocate resources and focus on the most important tasks.

Problems solved by technology

This “one size fits all” approach creates problems when different users at the same customer premises, such as facility managers, fire safety compliance managers, and physical asset managers, want to manage or view different or overlapping aspects of the systems and their assets.

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