Control infrastructure

US10116461B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SYSTECH CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• John Fairweather · Los Angeles, US
• Gabriel Jacobo · San Diego, US
• Robert C. Lutz · San Diego, US
• Jason Peressini · San Diego, US
• Jeff Rucker · San Diego, US
• La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr. · Austin, US
• Roger Wellington-Oguri · San Diego, US
• Anderson Wiese · Champaign, US
• Gretchen Wieshuber · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2012/4026
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Control infrastructure. In an embodiment, the infrastructure comprises a script execution module that comprises a compiler that compiles scripts, having instructions that reference device properties, into virtual-machine programs, a virtual machine that executes virtual-machine programs, and a script manager that stores scripts, retrieves scripts, and loads scripts into the compiler. In addition, the infrastructure may comprise gateway(s), communicatively connected to physical device(s). The gateway(s) may each comprise processor(s), driver(s) that each communicate with at least one physical device using a communication protocol to read and/or write device properties of the physical device, and a device manager that maps device properties referenced in the virtual-machine programs to device properties used by the driver(s).