Building configuration and management system with reconfigurable building components
US9353514B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/08
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and techniques for building, maintaining, and/or renovating buildings using reconfigurable, intelligent, and/or communicating components and connectors are provided. These reconfigurable building components and connectors are configured to communicate with each other and with the internal structures and services of a building, using various protocols, for more efficient reconfiguration, management, and maintenance as well as safety. Examples provide a Building Configuration and Management System which provides a set of “smart” components, connectors, and protocols and a Building Control System that connects all internal building structures and services together in ways that allow them to communicate their location, state, and other information to each other and to other entities and to control them, potentially automatically. The BCMS facilitates, among other things, more efficient reconfiguration of these structures and services without demolition.
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