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Facility equipment cooperation system, equipment control method, and agent apparatus

US8378779B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2009
Grant dateFeb 19, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/2642
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus communicating with a gateway apparatus on a control system network for facility equipment, via an information system network, includes a unit which stores not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment, a user authentication unit which performs user authentication for a user associated with a client, a unit which receives a request for control on one virtual point from the client, a unit which creates a remote control command for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information when the request has been received and the user authentication has succeeded, and a unit which transmit the remote control command to the gateway via the information system network when tenant authentication for a tenant associated with the agent apparatus which is performed by the gateway has succeeded.

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