System and method for creating dynamic facility models with data normalization as attributes change over time
First Claim
1. A method for modeling the performance of a facility, in relation to resource utilization of such facility, comprising the steps of:
- creating an attributes catalog wherein said attributes catalog comprises selected of user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes;
reclassifying, by a system level process not accessible to a user, a user-defined attribute as a system-defined attribute whenever a predetermined percentage of users have added such user-defined attribute to the attributes catalog;
assigning attributes to a template selected of user-defined or system-defined templates;
assigning a predefined template to a facility to be modeled, said predefined template including default facility attribute data;
obtaining resource utilization data for such facility;
wherein selected of said facility attribute data and said resource utilization data is defined relative to instances, said instances established by points in time when such data is either created or updated, whereby defining said data relative to instances establishes how such data changes over time;
normalizing such resource utilization data for selected of said instances based on said predefined template; and
providing the normalized resource utilization data in the form of a report.
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Abstract
Users desire to normalize raw data from meter load profile acquisition systems against some attributes (i.e., properties) of a facility, such as the number of employees. The facility area, and the number of products produced would be additional potential attributes for consideration. Normalization involves dividing a load profile channel such as kiloWatt hours by a determined facility attribute to obtain a new data set, for example, such as “kWh/Employee.” The present modelization allows a user to define a set of attributes and manage their value over time to refine the facility model. Keeping track of the attributes over time provides increased accuracy in the resulting data. The model is managed by a user interface which can be refined over time as the facility evolves. Data comprising sets of attributes over time may persist within the system for later retrieval.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for modeling the performance of a facility, in relation to resource utilization of such facility, comprising the steps of:
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creating an attributes catalog wherein said attributes catalog comprises selected of user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes; reclassifying, by a system level process not accessible to a user, a user-defined attribute as a system-defined attribute whenever a predetermined percentage of users have added such user-defined attribute to the attributes catalog; assigning attributes to a template selected of user-defined or system-defined templates; assigning a predefined template to a facility to be modeled, said predefined template including default facility attribute data; obtaining resource utilization data for such facility; wherein selected of said facility attribute data and said resource utilization data is defined relative to instances, said instances established by points in time when such data is either created or updated, whereby defining said data relative to instances establishes how such data changes over time; normalizing such resource utilization data for selected of said instances based on said predefined template; and providing the normalized resource utilization data in the form of a report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for creating dynamic facility models, in relation to resource utilization of such facilities, and comparing resource utilization efficiency of such facilities, comprising the steps of:
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creating an attributes catalog wherein said attributes catalog comprises selected of user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes; reclassifying, by a system level process not accessible to a user, a user-defined attribute as a system-defined attribute whenever a predetermined percentage of users have added such user-defined attribute to the attributes catalog; assigning attributes to a template selected of user-defined or system-defined templates; assigning selected of said templates to a facility to be modeled; obtaining resource utilization data for such facility; normalizing such resource utilization data based on said predefined template, said normalizing step performed for different points in time when selected of said user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes are created or changed; comparing selected of said resource utilization data so as to benchmark each facility based on said comparing; comparing resource utilization efficiency of such facilities; and providing the normalized resource utilization data in the form of a report. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for creating dynamic facility models, in relation to resource utilization, of such facilities, comparing resource utilization efficiency of such facilities, and generating reports in a user defined format, comprising the steps of:
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creating an attributes catalog wherein said attributes catalog comprises selected of user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes; reclassifying, by a system level process not accessible to a user, a user-defined attribute as a system-defined attribute whenever a predetermined percentage of users have added such user-defined attribute to the attributes catalog; using a template editor to assign attributes to a template selected of user-defined or system-defined templates; using a facility editor to define instances where selected of said user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes are created or updated and to assign selected of said templates to a facility to be modeled; obtaining resource utilization data for such facility; wherein selected of said facility attribute data and said resource utilization data is defined relative to instances, said instances established by points in time when such data is either created or updated, whereby defining said data relative to instances establishes how such data chanaes over time; normalizing such resource utilization data for selected of said instances based on said predefined template; comparing selected of said resource utilization data so as to benchmark each facility based on said comparing; generating one of historical and real-time reports, the data contained in such reports selected from facility modeling data, facility resource utilization data, and facility benchmarking data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. Apparatus for creating dynamic facility models, in relation to resource utilization of such facilities, comprising:
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means for creating an attributes cataloa wherein said attributes catalog comprises selected of user-defined attributes and system-defined attributes; a template editor for assigning attributes to a template selected of user-defined or system-defined templates; means for reclassifying a user-defined attribute as a system-defined attribute whenever a predetermined percentage of users have added such user-defined attribute to said attributes catalog wherein such reclassifying means is not accessible to a user; a facility editor for assigning a predefined template to a facility to be modeled, said predefined template including default facility attribute data defined for selected instances that are established by points in time when selected of said attribute data is created or changed; data retrieval means for obtaining resource utilization data for such facility; data normalization means for normalizing said resource utilization data based on said predefined template; means for comparing selected of the normalized resource utilization data so as to benchmark each facility based on said comparing; and providing the normalized resource utilization data in the form of a report. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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