Synergistic interface system for a building network
First Claim
1. An interface system for a building, comprising:
- a building control system configured to send control signals to a plurality of field devices within the building; and
at least one building information indicia positioned at a location in the building, the at least one building information indicia defining indicia data, where at least one of the building information indicia enables enrollment of an at least one mobile computing device by creation of a record in a user database of the building control system;
wherein the at least one building information indicia being a physical world hyperlink linking a physical location within the building that is associated with the building information indicia with the at least one mobile computing device that reads the building information indicia and that transmits the indicia data to the building control system;
wherein the building control system is configured to control the field devices based at least in part on the indicia data received from the at least one mobile computing device, wherein the at least one mobile computing device is one of a plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein the interface system further includes the user database associating each of the plurality of mobile computing devices with a respective user profile, wherein the building control system is configured to control the field devices based at least in part on both the indicia data received from one of the plurality of mobile computing devices and the respective user profile from the user database that is accessed by the building control system.
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Abstract
An interface system for a building includes at least one mobile computing device configured to read building information indicia positioned within the building, with the building information indicia defining indicia data. The at least one mobile computing device is in wireless communication with a building control system within the building. The building control system is configured to send control signals to a plurality of field devices within the building. The at least one mobile computing devices is configured to transmit indicia data defined by the building information indicia to the building control system. The building control system is configured to control the field devices based at least in part on the indicia data received from the mobile computing devices.
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21 Claims
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1. An interface system for a building, comprising:
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a building control system configured to send control signals to a plurality of field devices within the building; and at least one building information indicia positioned at a location in the building, the at least one building information indicia defining indicia data, where at least one of the building information indicia enables enrollment of an at least one mobile computing device by creation of a record in a user database of the building control system; wherein the at least one building information indicia being a physical world hyperlink linking a physical location within the building that is associated with the building information indicia with the at least one mobile computing device that reads the building information indicia and that transmits the indicia data to the building control system; wherein the building control system is configured to control the field devices based at least in part on the indicia data received from the at least one mobile computing device, wherein the at least one mobile computing device is one of a plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein the interface system further includes the user database associating each of the plurality of mobile computing devices with a respective user profile, wherein the building control system is configured to control the field devices based at least in part on both the indicia data received from one of the plurality of mobile computing devices and the respective user profile from the user database that is accessed by the building control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of controlling field devices in a building, the method comprising:
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receiving indicia data from a mobile computing device, the indicia data associated with one of a plurality of building information indicia positioned at different locations in the building; wherein said building information indicia is a physical world hyperlink linking a physical location within the building that is associated with the building information indicia with the mobile computing device that reads the building information indicia, where at least one of the building information indicia enables enrollment of the mobile computing device by creation of a record in a user database of a building control system; and controlling operation of at least one of a plurality of field devices within the building based at least in part on the indicia data received from the mobile computing device and a user profile associated with the mobile computing device, wherein the indicia data is received from at least one of the mobile computing devices and the user profile is from the user database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A control system for a building comprising:
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a plurality of environmental control devices configured to control an environmental condition in the building; at least one communication circuit configured to communicate with the plurality of environmental control devices using a building network; a plurality of building information indicia positioned at different locations in the building, each respective building information indicia defining indicia data; wherein each respective building information indicia being a physical world hyperlink linking a physical location within the building that is associated with each respective building information indicia with at least one mobile computing device that reads the respective building information indicia and that transmits the indicia data to the control system via wireless signals, where at least one of the building information indicia enables enrollment of the at least one mobile computing device by creation of a record in a database of the building control system; a wireless transceiver configured to receive the wireless signals; and a processing circuit configured to associate a building location and a user profile with each of the mobile computing devices based on the wireless signals, wherein the user profile associated with each mobile computing device specifies at least one parameter to control at least one of the environmental control devices identified from the indicia data received from the mobile computing device and accessing the user profile that resides in the building control system; generate control signals for the plurality of environmental control devices based at least in part on the building location and the user profiles associated with the mobile computing devices; and deliver the control signals to the at least one communication circuit for communication to the environmental control devices.
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