SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POLICY BASED AUTOMATED CONTROL OF BUILDING EQUIPMENT USING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

• US 20110118880A1
• Filed: 11/17/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ryali, Jogarao Mallikarjuna, Diwakar, Kiran Prakash
• Application Number:
  US12/620,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20110118880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/277
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

A system and method for automated control of building equipment. Systems management information including, for example, key stroke information, mouse movement information, host name information and/or IP address information may be utilized to determine a location of a managed resource in a building from which the systems management information is received. Based on, the systems management information, the determined location and/or one or more policies, one or more requests to control appropriate building equipment may be triggered.

Claims

1. A method for automated control of building equipment, the method comprising:

receiving systems management information associated with one or more managed resources;

determining a location of the one or more managed resources in a building based on the received systems management information;

determining one or more building equipment elements to be controlled based on the determined location and one or more policies;

transmitting one or more requests to a building management system to control the determined one or more building equipment elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the systems management information comprises key stroke information, mouse movement information, host name information and IP address information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving IP address to physical port mapping information that maps an IP address of the one or more managed resources with a physical port that the one or more managed resources are connected to.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said determining a location further comprises determining the location of the one or more managed resources based on the received system information and the received IP address to physical port mapping information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more building equipment elements comprise one or more of air conditioning vents, lights, curtains or blinds, and heating vents.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving building equipment layout information from the building management system; and

mapping the determined location to the received building equipment layout information to determine the one or more building equipment elements to be controlled.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

configuring the one or more policies for one or more locations of the building;

analyzing the one or more policies to determine whether at least one of the policies applies based on the determined location; and

determining the one or more building equipment elements to be controlled based on the determined location and the at least one policy.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more requests comprise event information to trigger actuation or de-actuation of the one or more building equipment elements.

9. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having one or more computer-readable instructions thereon which when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

receive systems management information associated with one or more managed resources;

determine a location of the one or more managed resources in a building based on the received systems management information;

determine one or more building equipment elements to be controlled based on the determined location and one or more policies;

transmit one or more requests to a building management system to control the determined one or more building equipment elements.

10. The tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more instructions further cause the one or more processers to:

receive IP address to physical port mapping information that maps an IP address of the one or more managed resources with a physical port that the one or more managed resources are connected to.

11. The tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more instructions further cause the one or more processers to:

determine the location of the one or more managed resources based on the received systems management information and the received IP address to physical port mapping information.

12. The tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more instructions further cause the one or more processers to:

receive building equipment layout information from the building management system; and

map the determined location to the received building equipment layout information to determine the one or more building equipment elements to be controlled.

13. The tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more instructions further cause the one or more processers to:

configure the one or more policies for one or more locations of the building;

analyze the one or more policies to determine whether at least one of the policies applies based on the determined location; and

determine the one or more building equipment elements to be controlled based on the determined location and the at least one policy.

14. The tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more requests comprise event information to trigger actuation or de-actuation of the one or more building equipment elements.

15. A system for automated control of building equipment, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive systems management information associated with one or more managed resources;

determine a location of the one or more managed resources in a building based on the received systems management information;

determine one or more building equipment elements to be controlled based on the determined location and one or more policies;

transmit one or more requests to a building management system to control the determined one or more building equipment elements.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive IP address to physical port mapping information that maps an IP address of the one or more managed resources with a physical port that the one or more managed resources are connected to.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine the location of the one or more managed resources based on the received systems management information and the received IP address to physical port mapping information.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more processers are further configured to:

receive building equipment layout information from the building management system; and

map the determined location to the received building equipment layout information to determine the one or more building equipment elements to be controlled.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more processers are further configured to:

configure the one or more policies for one or more locations of the building;

analyze the one or more policies to determine whether at least one of the policies applies based on the determined location; and

determine the one or more building equipment elements to be controlled based on the determined location and the at least one policy.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more requests comprise event information to trigger actuation or de-actuation of the one or more building equipment elements.