Remote Building Preference Transfer for Cross-Site User Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the burden of reprogramming their preferences for building systems such as HVAC, security, and access control systems when traveling, leading to disinterest and underutilization of system features due to excessive programming requirements.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow users to acquire and apply their preprogrammed preferences from a user device in one building space to a controllable device in another space, utilizing cloud computing environments for authentication and authorization, enabling seamless control and access across different building systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users reprogram preferences for each building system when traveling, then each system can be customized to user needs, but the programming process becomes excessive and burdensome
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically transferring user preferences from a home building system to remote building systems before the user arrives. The controller proactively retrieves and applies temperature setpoints, schedules, and other preferences without requiring user input during travel, thus resolving the contradiction between system customization and programming burden.
Solution Approach 2:
A communication network acts as an intermediary between the home building system controller and remote building system controllers. This intermediary enables automatic preference transfer by relaying preference data and authentication credentials, allowing users to maintain customized systems across multiple locations without manual reprogramming.
2Manufacturing precision
If users manually configure each building system, then system control is precise and tailored, but the process is time-consuming and reduces system utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates copies of user preferences from the home building system and transfers them to remote building systems. The controller copies temperature setpoints, schedules, and operational parameters, applying them automatically at remote locations. This copying mechanism preserves preference accuracy while eliminating the time-consuming manual configuration process.
Solution Approach 2:
Preferences are copied and transferred in advance before the user arrives at the remote location. The system performs the configuration action preliminarily, so when the user arrives, the system is already customized to their preferences, eliminating configuration time at the destination while maintaining precise preference accuracy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If building systems require repetitive programming at each location, then local customization is achieved, but user convenience and system adoption decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The home building system controller serves multiple functions: it acts as the primary control system for the home building and simultaneously functions as a preference source for multiple remote building systems. The controller maintains a universal preference profile that can be applied across different locations, enabling local customization without requiring separate programming at each site and thereby improving user convenience.
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AI summary
A method of applying a user preference from a user device in a first space to a user controllable device in a second space. The method includes acquiring a user preference associated with a first building system, authorizing communication with at least one user controllable device associated with a second building system, permitting control of a selected controllable device associated with the second building system based on the authorizing, and applying the user preferences associated with the first building system to the selected controllable device associated with the second building system.