Granted Patent B2

US 12,556,893 · App. 17/853,224 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Inventors: John A. Stone (Milwaukee, WI); Ryan A. Piaskowski (Milwaukee, WI)

Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH

H04W4/33G05B15/02G06F30/20H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (43)

1 . A method of providing on-premises responses to an incident impacting a space of a building, the method comprising:

storing digital twins of one or more on-premises building devices of the building in a memory device within the space, the digital twins comprising digital representations of the one or more on-premises building devices including data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

receiving, by one or more processors within the space, data relating to the incident impacting the space;

processing, by the one or more processors within the space, the data using the digital twins stored in the memory device within the space to determine a response to the incident; and

executing, by the one or more processors within the space, an action to implement the response to the incident.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the data using the digital twins comprises:

generating an incident response model;

storing the incident response model in the memory device or a second memory device within the space; and

processing, by the one or more processors within the space, the data relating to the incident using the incident response model to determine the response to the incident.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the incident response model comprises at least one of generating or updating, by the one or more processors within the space, the incident response model using the digital twins stored within the space.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the incident response model is generated off-premises and updated by the one or more processors within the space.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors within the space are part of a networking device within the space.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital twins are associated with a plurality of building devices and comprise representations of relationships between the plurality of building devices.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the action to implement the response to the incident comprises executing the action in an absence of network connectivity to at least one off-premises device or other on-premises device outside of the space.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data relating to the incident impacting the space includes data relating to other building devices in the space or in other spaces of the building.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the data to determine the response to the incident comprises processing, by the one or more processors within the space, data from one or more digital twins stored within a second space of the building to determine the response to the incident.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital twins comprise digital representations of one or more sensors within the space.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital twins comprise a digital representation of the space.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital twins comprise information about the location of one or more individuals within the space or the building.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital twins comprise information about the environmental conditions that impact the space or the building.

14 . One or more non-transitory computer readable media containing program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

storing digital twins of one or more on-premises building devices of a building in a memory device within a space of the building, the digital twins comprising digital representations of the one or more on-premises building devices including data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

receiving data relating to an incident impacting the space;

processing the data using the digital twins to determine a response to the incident; and

executing an action to implement the response to the incident.

15 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein the program instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate an incident response model;

store the incident response model in the memory device or a second memory device within the space; and

process the data relating to the incident using the incident response model to determine the response to the incident.

16 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , wherein generating the incident response model comprises at least one of generating or updating the incident response model using the digital twins stored within the space.

17 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , wherein the incident response model is generated off-premises and updated by the one or more processors within the space.

18 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 14 , wherein processing the data to determine the response to the incident comprises processing, by the one or more processors within the space, data from one or more digital twins stored within a second space of the building to determine the response to the incident.

19 . 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 processing circuits configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

storing digital twins of one or more on-premises building devices of the building in a memory device within a space, the digital twins comprising digital representations of the one or more on-premises building devices including data relating to the one or more on-premises building devices;

receiving data relating to the incident impacting the space;

processing the data using the digital twins stored in the memory device within the space to determine a response to the incident; and

executing an action to implement the response to the incident.

20 . The system of claim 19 , the one or more processing circuits further configured to:

generate an incident response model;

store the incident response model in the memory device or a second memory device within the space; and

process the data relating to the incident using the incident response model to determine the response to the incident.

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