US 11,727,738 B2
Building campus with integrated smart environment
Sudhi R. Sinha, Milwaukee, WI (US); Youngchoon Park, Brookfield, WI (US); and Ada L. Ma, Kenmore, WA (US)
Assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,994.
Application 17/479,994 is a continuation of application No. 16/198,696, filed on Nov. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,127,235.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/590,167, filed on Nov. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0148356 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/22 (2020.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing access control in a building, the system comprising:
an access control device, the access control device configured to control access to an area of the building; and
a computing system configured to:
manage a smart entity database, the smart entity database indicating a plurality of entities including a plurality of individuals associated with the building and a plurality of access control devices, the smart entity database including a plurality of relationships between the plurality of entities, the plurality of relationships indicating whether the plurality of individuals have authorization to access areas associated with the plurality of access control devices;
receive identity information of an individual from the access control device;
identify the individual in the smart entity database based on the identity information;
determine that the individual has access to the area of the building based on one relationship of the plurality of relationships of the smart entity database relating a first entity associated with the individual to a second entity associated with the access control device; and
authorize the individual to enter the area of the building responsive to determining that the individual has access to the area of the building.