US 12,422,724 B2
Building network
Thomas Alan Patterson, Portola Valley, CA (US); Rao P. Mulpuri, Saratoga, CA (US); Nitesh Trikha, Pleasanton, CA (US); Stephen Clark Brown, San Mateo, CA (US); Dhairya Shrivastava, Los Altos, CA (US); and Robert T. Rozbicki, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to View Operating Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by View, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,027.
Application 17/679,027 is a division of application No. 16/664,089, filed on Oct. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,294,254.
Application 16/664,089 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/030467, filed on May 2, 2019.
Application PCT/US2019/030467 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2018/029460, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Application 17/679,027 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2018/029460, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,033, filed on May 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/607,618, filed on Dec. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/523,606, filed on Jun. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/507,704, filed on May 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/506,514, filed on May 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/490,457, filed on Apr. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179275 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/163 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC G02F 1/163 (2013.01) [E06B 9/24 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); E06B 2009/2417 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25011 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25252 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2628 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for transmitting power and data in a building, the apparatus comprising:
at least one controller configured to operative couple to a building network, and use, or direct usage of, the building network; and
at least one display communicatively coupled to the building network and disposed on and/or registered with an insulated glass unit (IGU), wherein:
the building network includes (i) a communication network comprising a cable, and (ii) a power distribution system comprising a plurality of power transmission paths connecting one or more power sources, the cable configured to transmit electrical power and communication, and the communication network comprising one or more communications interfaces to one or more processors and/or one or more other communications networks;
the cable, the at least one display, and at least some of the one or more processors are at least partially disposed in or one or more outer walls and/or one or more façades of the building, and
wherein the at least one display is configured to display a graphical user interface comprising a three-dimensional building model depicting at least one smart object on the three-dimensional building model; wherein the at least one smart object is configured to control at least one other IGU.