Granted Patent B2

US 11,169,681 · App. 16/814,162 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Inventors: Walter Thomas Barnum (Salt Lake City, UT); Jason Aaron Litzinger (Salt Lake City, UT); William S. O'Dell (Kearns, UT)

Assignee: KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

G06F3/04847E06B9/24G02F1/163G06F3/0482G06F16/22E06B2009/2417E06B2009/2464

Abstract

Claims (75)

1. A method comprising:

receiving data from a plurality of components of a smart window system;

responsive to determining that a first portion of the data corresponds to a first identifier and a second portion of the data corresponds to a second identifier, storing the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier and storing the second portion of the data in association with the second identifier, wherein the first portion of the data is indicative of one or more faults of the smart window system;

receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device, a view request to view, via the GUI, a representation of at least a portion of the one or more faults of the smart window system;

responsive to determining that the view request corresponds to the first identifier, retrieving the first portion of the data without retrieving the second portion of the data;

causing the GUI to be modified to display, based on at least a portion of the first portion of the data corresponding to the view request, a list of at least a portion of the plurality of components of the smart window system and a fault corresponding to a component of the plurality of components;

receiving, via user interaction with the GUI that was modified based on the view request, a change request to implement a corrective action to correct the fault corresponding to the component of the smart window system; and

responsive to receiving the change request via the user interaction with the GUI, causing, by a processing device, performance of the corrective action to correct the fault corresponding to the component of the smart window system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of components comprises a gateway, a driver, and an electrochromic window; and

the causing of the performance of the corrective action comprises causing the gateway to cause the driver to change a corresponding tint level of the electrochromic window to correct the fault corresponding to the electrochromic window.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the causing of the performance of the corrective action comprises causing a gateway to change one or more settings of the gateway; and

the gateway is to cause, based on the one or more settings, a driver to control a corresponding tint level of an electrochromic window of the smart window system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the data comprises electrical measurement data from a plurality of drivers of the smart window system, wherein each of the plurality of drivers is configured to control a corresponding tint level of a corresponding electrochromic window of the smart window system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the storing of the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier comprises storing the first portion of the data in a first database;

the storing of the second portion of the data in association with the second identifier comprises storing the second portion of the data in a second database; and

the retrieving of the first portion of the data comprises retrieving the first portion of the data from the first database.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the storing of the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier comprises labeling the first portion of the data with the first identifier; and

the storing of the second portion of the data in association with the second identifier comprises labeling the second portion of the data with the second identifier.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a response indicating that the corrective action was implemented; and

causing an indication that the corrective action was implemented to be displayed via the GUI on the user device.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

prior to the causing of the list of the at least a portion of plurality of components of the smart window system and the fault corresponding to the component of the plurality of components to be displayed via the GUI based on the at least a portion of the first portion of the data, determining the user device is authorized to access the at least a portion of the first portion of the data; and

prior to the causing of the performance of the corrective action, determining the user device is authorized to implement the corrective action in the smart window system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the view request to view the representation of the at least a portion of the one or more faults of the smart window system is a request to view an activity feed of the first portion of the data associated with one or more of the plurality of components.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the view request to view the representation of the at least a portion of the one or more faults of the smart window system is associated with viewing a corresponding fault associated with a corresponding mode of one or more of the plurality of components of the smart window system; and

the change request is to implement the corrective action associated with correcting the corresponding fault associated with the corresponding mode of the component.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fault corresponding to the component comprises an indication that one or more of:

the component is offline;

the component is not transmitting data for a threshold amount of time;

an electrochromic window is not maintaining a tint level; or

a delay in receiving a response or acknowledgement from the component.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the view request to view the representation of the at least a portion of the one or more faults of the smart window system is associated with viewing a corresponding fault associated with a corresponding tint level of electrochromic window; and

the change request is to implement the corrective action associated with correcting the corresponding fault associated the corresponding tint level of the electrochromic window of the smart window system.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed cause a processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving data from a plurality of components of a smart window system;

responsive to determining that a first portion of the data corresponds to a first identifier and a second portion of the data corresponds to a second identifier, storing the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier and storing the second portion of the data in association with the second identifier, wherein the first portion of the data is indicative of one or more faults of the smart window system;

receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device, a view request to view, via the GUI, a representation of at least a portion of the one or more faults of the smart window system;

responsive to determining that the view request corresponds to the first identifier, retrieving the first portion of the data without retrieving the second portion of the data;

causing the GUI to be modified to display, based on at least a portion of the first portion of the data corresponding to the view request, a list of at least a portion of the plurality of components of the smart window system and a fault corresponding to a component of the plurality of components;

receiving, via user interaction with the GUI that was modified based on the view request, a change request to implement a corrective action to correct the fault corresponding to the component of the smart window system; and

responsive to receiving the change request via the user interaction with the GUI, causing performance of the corrective action to correct the fault corresponding to the component of the smart window system.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the plurality of components comprises a gateway, a driver, and an electrochromic window; and

the causing of the performance of the corrective action comprises causing the gateway to cause the driver to change a corresponding tint level of the one or more electrochromic window to correct the fault corresponding to the electrochromic window.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the causing of the performance of the corrective action comprises causing a gateway to change one or more settings of the gateway; and

the gateway is to cause, based on the one or more settings, a driver to control a corresponding tint level of an electrochromic window of the smart window system.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the second portion of the data comprises electrical measurement data from a plurality of drivers of the smart window system, wherein each of the plurality of drivers is configured to control a corresponding tint level of a corresponding electrochromic window of the smart window system.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the storing of the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier comprises storing the first portion of the data in a first database;

the storing of the second portion of the data in association with the second identifier comprises storing the second portion of the data in a second database; and

the retrieving of the first portion of the data comprises retrieving the first portion of the data from the first database.

18. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to:

receive data from a plurality of components of a smart window system;

responsive to determining that a first portion of the data corresponds to a first identifier and a second portion of the data corresponds to a second identifier, store the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier and store the second portion of the data in association with the second identifier, wherein the first portion of the data is indicative of one or more faults of the smart window system;

receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device, a view request to view, via the GUI, a representation of at least a portion of the one or more faults of the smart window system;

responsive to determining that the view request corresponds to the first identifier, retrieve the first portion of the data without retrieving the second portion of the data;

cause the GUI to be modified to display, based on at least a portion of the first portion of the data corresponding to the view request, a list of at least a portion of the plurality of components of the smart window system and a fault corresponding to a component of the plurality of components;

receive, via user interaction with the GUI that was modified based on the view request, a change request to implement a corrective action to correct the fault corresponding to the component; and

responsive to receiving the change request via the user interaction with the GUI, cause performance of the corrective action to correct the fault corresponding to the component of the smart window system.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein:

the plurality of components comprises a gateway, a driver, and an electrochromic window; and

to cause the performance of the corrective action, the processing device is to cause the gateway to cause the driver to change a corresponding tint level of the electrochromic window to correct the fault corresponding to the electrochromic window.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein:

to cause the performance of the corrective action, the processing device is to cause a gateway to change one or more settings of the gateway; and

the gateway is to cause, based on the one or more settings, a driver to control a corresponding tint level of an electrochromic window of the smart window system.

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