Patents by Inventor Brian Kreger

Brian Kreger 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).

  • Multi-node utilization of a single network variable input for computation of a single control variable at a sink node
    Patent number: 7024282
    Abstract: An environmental control system is configured to accept network variable outputs from a plurality of sources on a single network variable input and the update values are stored in a data structure for the computation of control variable values. The system includes a sink controller having a network variable input and a plurality of sources, each having at least one network variable output coupled to the network variable input of the sink controller. A data structure is provided so that update values from the sources may be stored in the structure with reference to the sources that provided the update values. Aggregate values, such as a mean average, minimum value, maximum value, standard deviation, variance, sum, or product may be computed from the values stored in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Coogan, Theo Frutiger, Mark Gagner, Margaret Ruane, Brian Kreger
  • Multi-node utilization of a single network variable input for computation of a single control variable at a sink node
    Publication number: 20040064216
    Abstract: An environmental control system is configured to accept network variable outputs from a plurality of sources on a single network variable input and the update values are stored in a data structure for the computation of control variable values. The system includes a sink controller having a network variable input and a plurality of sources, each having at least one network variable output coupled to the network variable input of the sink controller. A data structure is provided so that update values from the sources may be stored in the structure with reference to the sources that provided the update values. Aggregate values, such as a mean average, minimum value, maximum value, standard deviation, variance, sum, or product may be computed from the values stored in the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Jim Coogan, Theo Frutiger, Mark Gagner, Margaret Ruane, Brian Kreger