System and method for space-driven building automation and control including actor nodes subscribed to a set of addresses including addresses that are representative of spaces within a building to be controlled
First Claim
1. A system for automation and control within a building, comprising:
- a first sensor node that is configured to transmit i) a first source address, ii) a first space address, and iii) a first plurality of data packets, wherein the first space address is representative of a first predetermined space within the building; and
a first actor node that is configured to be subscribed to a first non-empty set of addresses, including the first space address, and to act upon the first plurality of data packets only if the first space address is received and is subscribed to.
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Abstract
A system and method involving actor nodes within a building that is being controlled, to be subscribed to a set of addresses, including one or more addresses that are representative of one or more respective spaces within the building being controlled. Such addresses are referred to as “space addresses.” Each of the actor nodes acts upon received data packets only if a space address is received along with the data packets and the actor node has been subscribed to the space address. Concurrently, one or more sensor nodes in the system are configurable to transmit the one or more space addresses and the data packets. A user device in the system receives commands from a user via a user interface and transmits a set of signals such that the actor nodes are subscribed to the appropriate space addresses and the sensor nodes are configured to transmit the space addresses.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for automation and control within a building, comprising:
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a first sensor node that is configured to transmit i) a first source address, ii) a first space address, and iii) a first plurality of data packets, wherein the first space address is representative of a first predetermined space within the building; and a first actor node that is configured to be subscribed to a first non-empty set of addresses, including the first space address, and to act upon the first plurality of data packets only if the first space address is received and is subscribed to. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for automation and control within a building, comprising:
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a first actor node that is configured i) to be subscribed to a first non-empty set of addresses, including a first space address that is representative of a first predetermined space within the building, and ii) to act upon a received first plurality of data packets only if the first space address is a) received along with the first plurality of data packets and b) subscribed to; and a user device that is configured to i) receive commands from a user via a user interface and ii) transmit a first set of signals such that the first actor node is subscribed to the first space address, wherein the first set of signals is based on the commands received from the user, and wherein the user interface enables the user to represent graphically the first space, resulting in the commands from the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for automation and control within a building, comprising:
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receiving, by a user device from a user via a user interface, one or more commands to assign a first sensor node and a first actor node to a first space within the building, wherein the first sensor node and the first actor node are already subscribed to a default space address that is representative of a default space, and wherein the first space is within, but not the same as, the default space, and wherein the user interface enables the user to represent graphically the first space, resulting in the one or more commands from the user; generating, by the user device, a first space address that is representative of the first space; and transmitting, by the user device, i) a first set of signals such that the first sensor node is configured to transmit the first space address and ii) a second set of signals such that the first actor node is subscribed to the first space address and, as a result, is enabled to act upon a first plurality of data packets received from the first sensor if the first space address is received along with the first plurality of data packets;
wherein the first set of signals and the second set of signals are transmitted in response to the one or more commands from the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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