IP Library Granted Patent US 12,101,200
Granted Patent B2
US 12,101,200 · App. 18/375,850 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Building data platform with graph based permissions

Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert (Cudahy, WI); Dominick James O'Dierno (Mt Pleasant, WI); Brian Scott Otto (Menomonee Falls, WI)
Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
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Patent No.
US 12,101,200
App. No.
18/375,850
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to access a portion of a building graph of the building from a system, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building and the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building. The instructions cause one or more processors to determine whether the system has access to the portion of the building graph based on a policy indicated by the plurality of nodes and edges of the building graph and provide the portion of the building graph to the system in response to a determination that the system has access to the portion of the building graph.

Claims (56)

1. A system comprising one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by a digital twin manager, a change to a digital twin, wherein the digital twin includes a graph data structure;

update, by the digital twin manager, the digital twin based on the change;

generate a change feed event of a change feed, the change feed event recording the change to the graph data structure, the change feed including change feed events representing modifications to the graph data structure at different times; and

communicate, by the digital twin manager, the change feed to an edge platform storing an edge copy of the digital twin.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by the edge platform, the change feed from the digital twin manager; and

update, by the edge platform, the edge copy of the digital twin based on the change feed.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by the edge platform, one or more events from one or more devices;

retrieve, by the edge platform, event context for the one or more events from the edge copy of the digital twin;

generate, by the edge platform, one or more enriched events by enriching the one or more events with the event context; and

communicate, by the edge platform, the one or more enriched events to one or more cloud systems.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the graph data structure includes nodes representing entities of a building and edges between the nodes representing relationships between the entities of the building.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive the change to the digital twin of the building by receiving an event from a piece of building equipment of the building; and

determine, based on the event, the update the digital twin of the building.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the change is at least one of adding a new node to nodes of the graph data structure, adding a new edge to edges of the graph data structure, deleting an existing node of the nodes of the graph data structure, deleting an existing edge of the edges of the graph data structure, modifying the existing node of the nodes of the graph data structure, or modifying the existing edge of the edges of the graph data structure.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors toto add the change feed event to a change feed topic, wherein the edge platform subscribed to the change feed topic and receive the change feed event in response to the change feed event being added to the change feed topic.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a digital twin manager, a change to a digital twin of a building, wherein the digital twin includes a graph data structure;

updating, by the digital twin manager, the digital twin based on the change;

generating, a change feed event of a change feed, the change feed event recording the change to the graph data structure, the change feed including change feed events representing modifications to the graph data structure at different times; and

communicating, by the digital twin manager, the change feed to an edge platform storing an edge copy of the digital twin.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving, by the edge platform, the change feed from the digital twin manager; and

updating, by the edge platform, the edge copy of the digital twin based on the change feed.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving, by the edge platform, one or more events from building systems of the building;

retrieving, by the edge platform, event context for the one or more events from the edge copy of the digital twin;

generating, by the edge platform, one or more enriched events by enriching the one or more events with the event context; and

communicating, by the edge platform, the one or more enriched events to one or more cloud systems.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the graph data structure including nodes representing entities of the building and edges between the nodes representing relationships between the entities of the building.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving the change to the digital twin of the building by receiving an event from a piece of building equipment of the building; and

determining, based on the event, the update to the digital twin of the building.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the change is at least one of adding a new node to nodes of the graph data structure, adding a new edge to edges of the graph data structure, deleting an existing node of the nodes of the graph data structure, deleting an existing edge of the edges of the graph data structure, modifying the existing node of the nodes of the graph data structure, or modifying the existing edge of the edges of the graph data structure.

14. The method of claim 8 , comprising adding, by the digital twin manager, the change feed event to a change feed topic, wherein the edge platform subscribed to the change feed topic and receive the change feed event in response to the change feed event being added to the change feed topic.

15. One or more storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by a digital twin manager, a change to a digital twin of a building, wherein the digital twin includes a graph data structure;

update, by the digital twin manager, the digital twin based on the change;

generate a change feed event of a change feed, the change feed event recording the change to the graph data structure, the change feed including change feed events representing modifications to the graph data structure at different times; and

communicate, by the digital twin manager, the change feed to an edge platform storing an edge copy of the digital twin.

16. The one or more storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by the edge platform, the change feed from the digital twin manager; and

update, by the edge platform, the edge copy of the digital twin based on the change feed.

17. The one or more storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by the edge platform, one or more events from building systems of the building;

retrieve, by the edge platform, event context for the one or more events from the edge copy of the digital twin;

generate, by the edge platform, one or more enriched events by enriching the one or more events with the event context; and

communicate, by the edge platform, the one or more enriched events to one or more cloud systems.

18. The one or more storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the graph data structure including nodes representing entities of the building and edges between the nodes representing relationships between the entities of the building.

19. The one or more storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive the change to the digital twin of the building by receiving an event from a piece of building equipment of the building; and

determine, based on the event, the update the digital twin of the building.

20. The one or more storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the change is at least one of adding a new node to nodes of the graph data structure, adding a new edge to edges of the graph data structure, deleting an existing node of the nodes of the graph data structure, deleting an existing edge of the edges of the graph data structure, modifying the existing node of the nodes of the graph data structure, or modifying the existing edge of the edges of the graph data structure.

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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: PLOEGERT, JUSTIN J.; O'DIERNO, DOMINICK JAMES; OTTO, BRIAN SCOTT
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 065148/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 065148/0633 →