Mobile Building Interface Cards for Personalized Facility Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional building management systems are cumbersome for users, particularly guests and visitors, as they require operation of dedicated devices and lack easy access to building information, limiting occupants' ability to adjust environmental conditions to their preferences.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic interface system that integrates multiple building and workplace functions, accessible through user mobile devices via an enterprise gateway, providing ranked cards based on user profiles, allowing control of environmental conditions and access to relevant information like parking and food venues, using pre-defined user interface card templates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If dedicated building devices are provided for each function, then building control functions are available, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling mobile devices to perform multiple building control functions through a single interface. The system allows one mobile device to control lighting, temperature, security, and access multiple building areas without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive building control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by replicating building control functionality on personal mobile devices that users already possess. Instead of providing physical copies of control devices for each function, the system creates virtual copies of control interfaces on smartphones and tablets, allowing users to access building controls through familiar devices without learning new operating systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If dedicated building devices are provided, then building control is available, but ease of operation worsens due to learning requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device interface provides universal access to multiple building control functions through a single application, eliminating the need to learn different devices for different functions. Users can control lighting, climate, security, and access control all through one familiar mobile device interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system leverages the user's existing knowledge of their personal mobile device to provide building controls. Users operate building functions through an interface on their own device, which they already know how to use, eliminating the learning curve associated with dedicated building control devices.
3Ease of operation
If conventional building interfaces are used, then basic control functions are available, but access to building information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges building control functions with information access functions into a single mobile device interface. Users can simultaneously control building environmental conditions and access information about parking availability, food venues, events, and other building-related information without switching between separate systems or devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device interface serves multiple purposes: it controls building environmental conditions (lighting, temperature) and simultaneously provides access to diverse building information (parking, dining, events). This multi-functional approach eliminates information loss by consolidating both control and information access in one universal interface.
4Ease of operation
If personal mobile devices are used for building control, then ease of operation improves, but integration of building functions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a building management system as an intermediary between the mobile device and building functions. This intermediary processes user inputs from the mobile device and coordinates control across multiple building systems (lighting, HVAC, security), ensuring proper integration and coordination of building functions while maintaining the simplicity of mobile device operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the building management system monitors building conditions and user actions, then provides real-time updates to the mobile device interface. This feedback loop ensures that integrated building functions respond appropriately to user inputs and that users receive confirmation of system states, maintaining both ease of operation and functional integration.
Data Source
AI summary
There is described a user mobile device and an enterprise gateway for providing dynamic building interfaces. The gateway receives a request for cards from the device, and the device receives the cards from the gateway in response to the request. Each card has a structure corresponding to one of multiple pre-defined templates. Each card has an assigned rank and is associated with a list of cards defined when the cards are ordered in accordance with the assigned rank. The assigned rank of each card is based at least in part on a user target profile associated with the user mobile device and the customer identification. The gateway comprises a processor that determines an assigned rank for each card based at least in part on a user target profile associated with the user mobile device and the customer identification. The device provides at least one card of the list of cards.