IP Library Granted Patent US 11,587,428
Granted Patent B2
US 11,587,428 · App. 17/197,750 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Incident response system

Inventors: John A. Stone (Milwaukee, WI); Ryan A. Piaskowski (Milwaukee, WI)
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
G08B23/00G05B13/0265G05B13/04G06N20/00G08B27/005
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Patent No.
US 11,587,428
App. No.
17/197,750
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for responding to incidents in a building are provided. One method includes performing operations including retrieving data relating to one or more on-premises building devices of the building, determining the incident relating to the one or more on-premises building devices, and determining a plurality of potential responses to the incident. The operations further include analyzing the plurality of potential responses and determining relative risks of the potential responses to the incident and transmitting, to a first on-premises building device of the on-premises building devices, data indicating the incident and at least one of the plurality of potential responses based on the relative risks of the potential responses.

Claims (47)

1. A method of providing on-premises response to an incident in a building, the method comprising:

retrieving, by one or more off-premises processing circuits, data relating to one or more on-premises building devices of the building;

determining, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits, the incident relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

determining, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits, a plurality of potential responses to the incident;

analyzing, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits using the data, the plurality of potential responses and determining relative risks of the potential responses to the incident; and

transmitting, by the one or more off-premises processing circuit to a first on-premises building device of the on-premises building devices, data indicating the incident and at least one of the plurality of potential responses based on the relative risks of the potential responses.

2. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

determining, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits, a plurality of potential responses to a plurality of incidents;

storing, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits, the potential responses and associated risks of the potential responses for each of the incidents;

receiving, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits, new data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

updating, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits, the plurality of incidents and plurality of potential responses for each of the incidents; and

transmitting, by the one or more off-premises processing circuits to the first on-premises building device, data indicating the updated incidents and the updated potential responses for each of the incidents.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the new data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices is based on both internal data received from building devices and external data received from data sources outside of the building.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data indicating the incident and at least one of the potential responses are transmitted to an on-premises building device in real-time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the plurality of potential responses and determining relative risks of the potential responses to the incident comprises processing the plurality of potential responses using one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models or machine learning algorithms.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the potential responses are transmitted to the first on-premises building device with an associated risk.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a subset of the potential responses based on an associated risk of each of the potential responses, wherein transmitting the at least one of the plurality of potential responses comprises transmitting the subset of potential responses.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the associated risk of each of the potential responses comprises a risk score.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the associated risk of each of the potential responses comprises a ranking in comparison to associated risks of other potential responses.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the potential responses comprises instructions to control operation of the on-premises building devices.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the incident is at least one of a potential incident, an incident that is developing, or an active incident.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of potential responses is usable by one or more on-premises devices to address the incident in an event of loss of network connectivity.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data indicating the incident and at least one of the potential responses are transmitted to the first on-premises building device asynchronously.

14. A system for providing on-premises response to an incident in a building, the system comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon; and

one or more off-premises processing circuits configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

retrieving data relating to one or more on-premises building devices of the building;

determining the incident relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

determining a plurality of potential responses to the incident;

analyzing the plurality of potential responses and determining relative risks of the potential responses to the incident; and

transmitting, to a first on-premises building device of the on-premises building devices, data indicating the incident and at least one of the plurality of potential responses based on the relative risks of the potential responses.

15. The system of claim 14 , the one or more off-premises processing circuits further configured to:

determine a plurality of potential responses to a plurality of incidents;

store the potential responses and associated risks of the potential responses for each of the incidents;

receive new data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

update the plurality of incidents and plurality of potential responses for each of the incidents; and

transmit, to the first on-premises building device, data indicating the updated incidents and the updated potential responses for each of the incidents.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the new data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices is based on both internal data received from building devices and external data received from data sources outside of the building.

17. The system of claim 14 , the one or more off-premises processing circuits configured to analyze the plurality of potential responses and determine relative risks of the potential responses to the incident by processing the plurality of potential responses using one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models or machine learning algorithms.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein each of the potential responses are transmitted to the first on-premises building device with an associated risk.

19. The system of claim 14 , the one or more off-premises processing circuits configured to select a subset of the potential responses based on an associated risk of each of the potential responses and transmit the subset of the potential responses to the first on-premises device.

20. One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processing circuits, cause the one or more processing circuits to perform operations comprising:

retrieving data relating to one or more on-premises building devices of the building;

determining the incident relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

determining a plurality of potential responses to the incident;

analyzing the plurality of potential responses and determining relative risks of the potential responses to the incident; and

transmitting, to a first on-premises building device of the on-premises building devices, data indicating the incident and at least one of the plurality of potential responses based on the relative risks of the potential responses.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 067056/0552 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 058959/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2021
From: STONE, JOHN A.; PIASKOWSKI, RYAN A.
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055676/0047 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62988064 · Mar 11, 2020
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