Building management system with integration of data into smart entities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024085877-A1
Application number	US-202318367293-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	Sep 27, 2017
Publication date	Mar 14, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A building management system includes an entity database, a software defined gateway, and an entity service. The entity database stores a plurality of interconnected smart entities including object entities representing a plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces and data entities representing data associated with the plurality of physical devices, people, or spaces. The smart entities are interconnected by relational objects indicating relationships between the object entities and the data entities. The software defined gateway is configured to receive information technology (IT) data and operational technology (OT) data from a plurality of different data sources. The entity service is configured to create a new smart entity in the entity database or update an existing smart entity in the entity database using the IT data and the OT data. The new or existing smart entity includes one or more first attributes having values derived from the IT data and one or more second attributes having values derived from the OT data.

First claim

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A building system of a building comprising one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
connect to at least one data repository and receive data from the at least one data repository describing the building; convert the data received from the at least one data repository from a first format to a second format for an entity database; and generate or update, with the data converted to the second format, at least a portion of the entity database, the entity database generated or updated to include object entities representing at least one of devices, people, spaces, or events associated with the building and data entities representing data associated with at least one of the devices, people, spaces, or events associated with the building, and relational objects indicating semantic relationships between the object entities and the data entities.

22 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
connect to an operation technology (OT) network located within the building and receive OT data from the OT network located within the building; and cause the entity database to store the OT data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding information to the entity database.

23 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
receive information technology (IT) data from one or more data sources; and cause the entity database to store the IT data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding the information to the entity database.

24 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the relational objects indicating the semantic relationships include a relational object indicating a semantic relationship that is a type of relationship of a plurality of types of relationships between a first entity and a second entity.

25 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the relational objects indicate a type of relationship of a semantic relationship with an attribute.

26 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
receive information technology (IT) data from one or more IT data sources and OT data from one or more OT data sources of the OT network; and cause the entity database to store the IT data and the OT data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding the information to the entity database; wherein the one or more IT data sources are one or more software services that store the IT data and operate to perform a primary function separate from operational control or analysis of a physical environment.

27 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
receive information technology (IT) data from one or more IT data sources and operation technology (OT) data from one or more OT data sources of the OT network; and create a new object entity in the entity database or update an existing object entity in the entity database using IT data and the OT data, the new object entity or the existing object entity related to one or more first attributes having values derived from the IT data and one or more second attributes having values derived from the OT data.

28 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
receive information technology (IT) data from an IT data source and update the entity database based on the IT data; and cause the entity database to store the IT and operation technology (OT) data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding the information to the entity database; wherein:
the IT data describes one or more characteristics of the devices, people, or spaces, the one or more characteristics being static or changing at a first rate; and
the OT data describes one or more states or conditions of the devices, people, or spaces, the one or more states or conditions being dynamic or changing at a second rate faster than the first rate.

29 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to implement a software defined gateway;
wherein the software defined gateway is configured to use different communications protocols to communicate with the at least one data repository, the different communications protocols comprising at least one of BACnet, Modbus, LonTalk, SQL, JMS, AMQP, MQTT, FTP, or HTTP.

30 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
connect to an operation technology (OT) network located within the building and receive OT data from the OT network located within the building; and cause the entity database to store the OT data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding information to the entity database; wherein the OT network includes one or more data sources comprising at least two of internet of things (IoT) devices, building equipment, a weather service, a news service, a document service, a human resources service, a billing service, or a media service.

31 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
connect to an operation technology (OT) network located within the building and receive OT data from the OT network located within the building; and cause the entity database to store the OT data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding information to the entity database; wherein the OT data comprises event data received in real-time from building equipment installed within the building, the building equipment comprising at least one of a chiller, a boiler, a sensor, a cooling tower, and air handling unit, a rooftop unit, a variable air volume unit, lighting equipment, security equipment, or fire detection equipment.

32 . The building system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
connect to an operation technology (OT) network located within the building and receive OT data from the OT network located within the building; and cause the entity database to store the OT data by modifying the entity database by updating existing information of the entity database or adding information to the entity database; wherein the OT data comprise data samples collected from building equipment devices comprising at least one of sensors, actuators, electronics, vehicles, or home appliances.

33 . A method, comprising:
connecting, by one or more processing circuits, to at least one data repository and receive data from the at least one data repository describing an environment; converting, by the one or more processing circuits, the data received from the at least one data repository from a first format to a second format for an entity database; and generating or updating, by the one or more processing circuits, with the data converted to the second format, at least a portion of the entity database, the entity database generated or updated to include object entities representing at least one of devices, people, spaces, or events associated with the environment and data entities representing data associated with at least one of the devices, people, spaces, or events associated with the environment, and relational objects indicating sema

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Tech Co

Inventors

• Park Youngchoon
• Sinha Sudhi R
• Venkiteswaran Vaidhyanathan
• Paulson Erik S
• Chennupati Vijaya S

Classifications

• G05B19/042 Primary

  using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F16/22

  Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures · CPC title

• G06F16/2379

  Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing · CPC title

• G06F16/25 Primary

  Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems · CPC title

• G06F16/288

  Entity relationship models · CPC title