Configuration output system

• US 7,308,323 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2005
• Issued: 12/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Industry Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Lambert, R. Scott, Kruk, James L., Gardner, Latasha, Gillespie, Brian P., Lange, Toby
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight; Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang; Sunray
• Application Number:
  US11/051,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20060058922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 700/32, 700/83, 705/10, 705/400, 703/1
• US Class Current: 700/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination

Abstract

A configuration output system for use with a building automation system is provided. The configuration output system includes a database and an output engine block. The database contains a configuration data set selected by a user. The output engine block is operable to generate a plurality of types of outputs representing the configured building automation system as a function of the configuration data set.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having instructions executable on a computer stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

receiving data associated with user-selected features for a configured building automation system;

filtering the received data to form at least one data group;

assigning a different level of hierarchy to the data group;

generating a plurality of types of outputs based on the filtered data;

filtering the data to form a device data group, at least one device being identified from the data associated with user-selected features;

filtering the data to form an element data group, an element representing the device;

assigning a higher level of hierarchy to the device data group;

assigning the same level of hierarchy to the element data group and the page data group; and

filtering the data to form a page data group, a page being associated with the element.

2. A computer-readable medium having instructions executable on a computer stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

receiving data associated with user-selected features for a configured building automation system;

filtering the received data to form at least one data group;

assigning a different level of hierarchy to the data group;

generating a plurality of types of outputs based on the filtered data;

filtering the data to form a device data group, at least one device being identified from the data associated with user-selected features;

filtering the data to form an element data group, an element representing the device;

assigning a high level of hierarchy to the device data group;

assigning an intermediate level of hierarchy to the element data group;

assigning a low level of hierarchy to the page data group; and

filtering the data to form a page data group, a page being associated with the element.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the filtering instruction further comprises:

filtering the data to form a coordinates data group, a coordinates indicating a location of the element to be displayed.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 3, wherein the assigning instruction comprises:

assigning a lower level of hierarchy to the coordinates data group than the age data group.