US 11,726,632 B2
Building management system with global rule library and crowdsourcing framework
Rajesh C. Nayak, Manipal (IN); Subrata Bhattacharya, Mumbai (IN); Abhigyan Chatterjee, Asansol (IN); Samit Sen, Kellyville (AU); Tulshiram Vitthalrao Waghmare, Pune (IN); and Braja Behari Mitra Majumdar, Hooghly (IN)
Assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Johnson Controls Technology Company, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/821,142.
Claims priority of application No. 201741026688 (IN), filed on Jul. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0032948 A1, Jan. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); H04L 41/06 (2022.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2013.01); G05B 23/0216 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building management system comprising:
a remote rules server;
a local rules server located at a customer site, the local rules server comprising a standard rules database and a custom rules database, the standard rules database configured to store standard rules and the custom rules database configured to store user-created rules, the local rules server configured to:
allow a customer to create a new user-created rule; and
send the new user-created rule to the remote rules server;
wherein the remote rules server is configured to:
receive the new user-created rule; and
provide the new user-created rule to one or more other local rules servers located at one or more other customer sites; and
a user preferences module configured to:
receive a customer sharing preference indicating a preference of the customer to share or not share user-created rules and, if the customer has indicated a preference to not share user-created rules:
prevent the remote rules server from sending the user-created rule to the one or more other local rules servers; and
prevent the local rules server from receiving custom rules created by other customers.