US 2020/0003448 A1Published application

Facility management portal

OwnerAlan S. Schwegler, Paul Michael Nowak +7inventors

InventorsAlan S. Schwegler, Paul Michael Nowak, Michael F. Kornacki, Ryan J. Bykowski, Kierstyn R. Robbins, Bridget E. Kapler, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Sayan Chakraborty, Kerry M. Bell

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Abstract

A facility management portal and associated user interface can be used for remote monitoring, servicing, and commissioning of a Building Management System (BMS) and associated devices. Building stakeholders can use the facility management portal to configure smart thermostat devices with various settings or parameters associated therewith. For example, building stakeholders may create device profiles associated with smart thermostat devices and provide different device profiles to different groups of thermostat devices installed in a building. Moreover, stakeholders can use the facility management portal to monitor data such as energy consumption and air quality associated with buildings. Building tenants can interact with control devices such as smart thermostats and associated mobile applications to initiate maintenance or emergency notifications relayed through the facility management portal.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement operations comprising:
presenting a user interface to a user on a user device, the user associated with a building;
displaying, on the user interface, a device profile interface comprising settings associated with a thermostat device, the settings comprising comfort settings, schedule settings, and notification settings for the thermostat device;
creating a first profile for a first group of thermostat devices installed in the building based on a first input received from the user via the device profile interface, the first profile comprising comfort settings, schedule settings, and notification settings for the first group of thermostat devices;
creating a second profile for a second group of thermostat devices installed in the building based on a second input received from the user via the device profile interface, the second profile comprising comfort settings, schedule settings, and notification settings for the second group of thermostat devices;
providing the first profile to the first group of thermostat devices installed in the building for operation of the first group of thermostat devices in accordance with the first profile;
and
providing the second profile to the second group of thermostat devices installed in the building for operation of the second group of thermostat devices in accordance with the second profile.

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A method comprising:

presenting a user interface to a user on a user device, the user associated with a building;
displaying, on the user interface, a device profile interface comprising settings associated with a thermostat device, the settings comprising comfort settings, schedule settings, and notification settings for the thermostat device;
creating a first profile for a first group of thermostat devices installed in the building based on a first input received from the user via the device profile interface, the first profile comprising comfort settings, schedule settings, and notification settings for the first group of thermostat devices;
creating a second profile for a second group of thermostat devices installed in the building based on a second input received from the user via the device profile interface, the second profile comprising comfort settings, schedule settings, and notification settings for the second group of thermostat devices;
providing the first profile to the first group of thermostat devices installed in the building for operation of the first group of thermostat devices in accordance with the first profile;
and
providing the second profile to the second group of thermostat devices installed in the building for operation of the second group of thermostat devices in accordance with the second profile.

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A method comprising:

presenting a user interface to a user on a user device;
displaying, on the user interface, a device profile interface comprising settings associated with a control device;
creating a first profile for a first group of control devices associated with a building based on a first input received from the user via the device profile interface, the first profile comprising settings for the first group of control devices;
creating a second profile for a second group of control devices associated with the building based on a second input received from the user via the device profile interface, the second profile comprising settings for the second group of control devices;
providing the first profile to the first group of control devices associated with the building for operation of the first group of control devices in accordance with the first profile;
and
providing the second profile to the second group of control devices associated with the building for operation of the second group of control devices in accordance with the second profile.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/453,280Filed 26 Jun 2019
Priority: 27 Jun 2018
Published: 2 Jan 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F24F 11/39
Responding to malfunctions or emergencies: monitoring filter performance
F24F 11/54
Characterised by user interfaces or communication: using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers
F24F 11/52
Characterised by user interfaces or communication: indication arrangements, e.g. displays
F24F 11/61
Characterised by user interfaces or communication: using timers