Patents by Inventor Clifford H. Copass

Clifford H. Copass has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Building system with dynamic manufacturer usage description (MUD) files based on building model queries
    Patent number: 11411999
    Abstract: A building security system for a building includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions. The instructions, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an access policy data structure for a building device, the access policy data structure indicating access policies for interactions of one or more other building devices with the building device, wherein the access policy data structure identifies the one or more other building devices with one or more building model queries, generate a dynamic access policy data structure for the building device by resolving the one or more building model queries with a building model to identify the one or more other building devices, wherein the dynamic access policy data structure comprises the access policies, and implement the access policies of the dynamic access policy data structure based on the one or more other building devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Zhongyi Jin, Young M. Lee, Clifford H. Copass, Youngchoon Park
  • BUILDING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC MANUFACATURER USAGE DESCRIPTION (MUD) FILES BASED ON BUILDING MODEL QUERIES
    Publication number: 20200137119
    Abstract: A building security system for a building includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions. The instructions, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an access policy data structure for a building device, the access policy data structure indicating access policies for interactions of one or more other building devices with the building device, wherein the access policy data structure identifies the one or more other building devices with one or more building model queries, generate a dynamic access policy data structure for the building device by resolving the one or more building model queries with a building model to identify the one or more other building devices, wherein the dynamic access policy data structure comprises the access policies, and implement the access policies of the dynamic access policy data structure based on the one or more other building devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Zhongyi Jin, Young M. Lee, Clifford H. Copass, Youngchoon Park