Patents by Inventor William N. Schroeder

William N. Schroeder 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).

  • Patent number: 11163271
    Abstract: A building energy system includes an energy storage system (ESS) configured to store energy received from an energy source and provide the stored energy to one or more pieces of building equipment. The system includes a local building system configured to collect building data and communicate the building data to a cloud platform and the cloud platform configured to receive the building data from the local building system via the network, determine whether to retrain a trained load prediction model based on at least some of the building data, retrain the trained load prediction model based on at least some of the building data in response to a determination to retrain the trained load prediction model, determine a load prediction for the building based on the retrained load prediction model, and cause the local building system to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Young M. Lee, William N. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11159022
    Abstract: A building energy system for a building includes an energy storage system (ESS) configured to store energy received from an energy source and provide the stored energy to one or more pieces of building equipment to operate the one or more pieces of building equipment. The system includes a processing circuit configured to collect building data, determine whether to retrain a trained load prediction model based on at least some of the building data, retrain the trained load prediction model based on the building data in response to a determination to retrain the trained load prediction model, determine a load prediction for the building based on the retrained load prediction model, and operate the ESS to store the energy received from the energy source or provide the stored energy to the one or more pieces of building equipment to operate the one or more pieces of building equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Young M. Lee, William N. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20200073342
    Abstract: A building energy system includes an energy storage system (ESS) configured to store energy received from an energy source and provide the stored energy to one or more pieces of building equipment. The system includes a local building system configured to collect building data and communicate the building data to a cloud platform and the cloud platform configured to receive the building data from the local building system via the network, determine whether to retrain a trained load prediction model based on at least some of the building data, retrain the trained load prediction model based on at least some of the building data in response to a determination to retrain the trained load prediction model, determine a load prediction for the building based on the retrained load prediction model, and cause the local building system to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Young M. Lee, William N. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20200076196
    Abstract: A building energy system for a building includes an energy storage system (ESS) configured to store energy received from an energy source and provide the stored energy to one or more pieces of building equipment to operate the one or more pieces of building equipment. The system includes a processing circuit configured to collect building data, determine whether to retrain a trained load prediction model based on at least some of the building data, retrain the trained load prediction model based on the building data in response to a determination to retrain the trained load prediction model, determine a load prediction for the building based on the retrained load prediction model, and operate the ESS to store the energy received from the energy source or provide the stored energy to the one or more pieces of building equipment to operate the one or more pieces of building equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Young M. Lee, William N. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8200931
    Abstract: A software installation system comprises an interface component that receives a request to access data resident upon a flash memory card. An installation component compares a unique identifier associated with the data with a unique identifier embedded within the flash memory card, and the installation component determines whether to allow access to the data based at least in part upon the comparison. The installation component prohibits access to the data if the unique identifier associated with the data does not match the unique identifier embedded within the flash memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Mann, William N. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20110231939
    Abstract: A software installation system comprises an interface component that receives a request to access data resident upon a flash memory card. An installation component compares a unique identifier associated with the data with a unique identifier embedded within the flash memory card, and the installation component determines whether to allow access to the data based at least in part upon the comparison. The installation component prohibits access to the data if the unique identifier associated with the data does not match the unique identifier embedded within the flash memory card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Mann, William N. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7971017
    Abstract: A software installation system comprises an interface component that receives a request to access data resident upon a flash memory card. An installation component compares a unique identifier associated with the data with a unique identifier embedded within the flash memory card, and the installation component determines whether to allow access to the data based at least in part upon the comparison. The installation component prohibits access to the data if the unique identifier associated with the data does not match the unique identifier embedded within the flash memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Mann, William N. Schroeder