Monitoring a building management system

• US 10,666,717 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2017
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Sundar M, Deepak, Ghosh, Soumen, Kulandaivel Sankarapandian, Rajesh, Manickam, Raveendran, Muthuraj, Paramesh, N, Ganesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Karim, Ziaul
• Application Number:
  US15/660,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20170324808A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 700275-296
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Devices, methods, and systems for monitoring a building management system are described herein. One method includes monitoring an attribute of a building, monitoring an activity related to the attribute performed by an operator, and publishing the activity performed by the operator and the attribute of the building.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a building management system using a computer having a processor and a display, the method comprising:

a user of the computer monitoring one or more building conditions of a building via the display of the computer;

the user of the computer performing user activity in response to the monitored one or more building conditions;

the processor of the computer monitoring the user activity performed by the user of the computer in response to the monitored one or more building conditions;

the processor of the computer analyzing how the user activity performed in response to the monitored one or more building conditions affected the one or more building conditions; and

publishing the user activity, the analysis of how the user activity affected the one or more building conditions, and one or more of the building conditions of the building on one or more displays, wherein the published user activity, analysis of how the user activity affected the one or more building conditions, and the one or more building conditions correspond to at least one of a past time period, a current time period, and a future time period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more building conditions of the building comprises an alarm indicating an event associated with the building.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more building conditions of the building comprises an occurrence of a fire in the building.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more building conditions of the building comprises an indication of an energy usage increase in the building.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein publishing the user activity, the analysis of how the user activity affected the one or more building conditions, and the one or more building conditions includes displaying the user activity, the analysis of how the user activity affected the one or more building conditions, and the one or more building conditions on a timeline that is displayed on the one or more displays.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising providing an indication of how the user activity changed one or more of the building conditions.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the indication includes a recommendation for how the user should have responded to the one or more building conditions.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the recommendation is based at least in part on a deviation of one or more of the building conditions and the user activity.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:

monitor a building management system, a plurality of building conditions of the building management system, and a plurality of user activities associated with the building management system, the plurality of user activities being performed by a user in response to monitoring the plurality of building conditions;

analyze information from monitoring the building management system, the plurality of building conditions, and the plurality of user activities performed by the user in response to monitoring the plurality of building conditions;

publish the analyzed information related to the building management system, the plurality of building conditions, and the plurality of user activities performed by the user in response to monitoring the plurality of building conditions, wherein the published information related to the building management system, the plurality of building conditions, and the plurality of user activities performed by the user in response to monitoring the plurality of building conditions correspond to at least one of a past time period, a current time period, and a future time period; and

indicate at least one of an action, a warning, and a recommendation corresponding to the analyzed information.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein at least some of the published information including at least part of the plurality of user activities are published as at least one of a video clip and an image.

11. The medium of claim 9, wherein at least some of the published information including at least part of the plurality of user activities are published as at least one of an audio, a link to a configuration page, and a chart.

12. The medium of claim 9, wherein the analysis of the information is based on an indication of a system activity.

13. The medium of claim 12, wherein the system activity includes a change in at least one of a system behavior, a system trend, and a system response.

14. A device for monitoring a building management system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to;

monitor a plurality of building conditions of a building management system;

monitor a plurality of user activities performed on the building management system in response to at least one of the plurality of building conditions;

analyze the plurality of building conditions and the plurality of user activities, wherein the analysis includes chronologically correlating the plurality of building conditions with the plurality of user activities; and

publishing an indication of how the plurality of user activities changed the plurality of building conditions of the building system, wherein the published indication of how the plurality of user activities changed the plurality of building conditions of the building system correspond to at least one of a past time period, a current time period, and a future time period.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to at least one of the plurality of building conditions.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the analysis is based on a process relationship in the building management system and a criticality of the at least one of the plurality of building conditions.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the process relationship includes a relationship of the at least one building condition to another building condition in the building management system; and

the criticality defines an importance of the building condition.

18. The system of claim 14, comprising instructions executable by the processor to publish the plurality of user activities in a chronological order on a displayed timeline panel.