Patents by Inventor Brian Scott Otto

Brian Scott Otto 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: 11777756
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a command to perform an action for an entity. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify a service configured to perform the action based on a building graph, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, wherein the plurality of nodes represent entities of the building, the service, and one or more other services, wherein the plurality of edges represent relationships between the entities and communication actions of the service with the one or more other services and cause the service to perform the action by causing the service to perform one or more communication actions with the one or more other services indicated by the building graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Patent number: 11770269
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event indicating a data value associated with the event source occurring at a particular time. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify contextual data of a database that provides a contextual description of the event, generate an enriched event by enriching the event with the contextual data, the enriched event including the data value, the particular time, and the contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming application configured to operate based on the enriched event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20230273922
    Abstract: A method including receiving, by one or more processing circuits, building data, generating, by the one or more processing circuits, a first digital twin based on the building data, wherein a first system stores the first digital twin and a second system stores a second digital twin generated based on the building data, where the first digital twin includes a relationship that forms a connection between the first digital twin and the second digital twin by linking a first entity of the first entities of the first digital twin and a second entity of the second entities of the second digital twin, and performing, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more operations based on at least one of the first digital twin, the second digital twin, or the relationship that forms the connection between the first digital twin and the second digital twin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanasankaran, Ambuj Shatdal, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Miguel Galvez, Trent Mark Swanson
  • Patent number: 11704311
    Abstract: A method including receiving, by one or more processing circuits, building data, generating, by the one or more processing circuits, a first digital twin based on the building data, wherein a first system stores the first digital twin and a second system stores a second digital twin generated based on the building data, where the first digital twin includes a relationship that forms a connection between the first digital twin and the second digital twin by linking a first entity of the first entities of the first digital twin and a second entity of the second entities of the second digital twin, and performing, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more operations based on at least one of the first digital twin, the second digital twin, or the relationship that forms the connection between the first digital twin and the second digital twin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanasankaran, Ambuj Shatdal, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Miguel Galvez, Trent Mark Swanson
  • Publication number: 20230185983
    Abstract: A building system of a building operates to receive an indication to generate a digital twin and identify one or more lower level digital twins that depend from the digital twin based on a hierarchy of digital twins, wherein the digital twin includes one or more first operational capabilities and the one or more lower level digital twins include one or more second operational capabilities. The building system operates to cause the digital twin to inherit the one or more second operational capabilities from the one or more lower level digital twins and execute the digital twin causing the one or more first operational capabilities and the one or more second operational capabilities to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Rajiv Ramanasankaran, Young M. Lee, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Trent Mark Swanson
  • Publication number: 20230152765
    Abstract: A building system includes one or more memory devices comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more first operations based on a digital twin of a building to derive a state for an entity of the digital twin. The instructions cause the one or more processors to update a schema of the digital twin by adding a state type of the state to an entity class of the schema, add, based on the schema, one or more data elements representing the state to the digital twin, the one or more data elements related to the entity of the entity class, and perform one or more second operations based on the one or more data elements representing the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Trent Mark Swanson
  • Publication number: 20230155857
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to manage a plurality of entitlements for a plurality of subscriptions of one or more buildings with a building entitlement model, receive a first request to perform a first operation for a first subscription and a second request to perform a second operation for a second subscription, and implement the first operation on first computing resources of a first zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a first determination that the first subscription has the first entitlement and implement the second operation on second computing resources of the second zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a second determination that the second subscription has the second entitlement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20230152764
    Abstract: A building system includes one or more memory devices comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more first operations based on a digital twin of a building. The instructions cause the one or more processors to update a schema of the digital twin by adding a property or tag to an entity class of the schema, add, based on the schema, one or more data elements representing the property or tag to the digital twin, the one or more data elements related to an entity of the entity class, and perform one or more second operations based on the one or more data elements representing the property or tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Trent Mark Swanson
  • Publication number: 20220405668
    Abstract: One implementation of the present disclosure is a building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a query from a requesting system, the query including one or more query parameters and a context, the context indicating one or more purposes for the query including the one or more query parameters. The instructions cause the one or more processors to retrieve, based on the one or more query parameters, first data of the building system from a data storage system, identify, based on the context, one or more processing operations to perform to generate a processing result with the first data, perform the one or more processing operations with the first data to generate second data, and provide a response to the requesting system with the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Trent Mark Swanson, Richard J. Campero, Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick J. O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20220405327
    Abstract: One implementation of the present disclosure is a building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a selection including a context and a twin function and generate an operation to monitor a building graph based on the context, the operation identifying whether one or more new events are added to the building graph, the one or more new events affecting a processing result. The instructions cause the one or more processors to cause the twin function to execute responsive to identifying the one or more new events added to the building graph that affect the processing result, execute the twin function based on the one or more new events and the context to generate the processing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Trent Mark Swanson, Richard J. Campero, Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick J. O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20220376944
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to identify a capability of an entity in a building graph, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building including the entity and the capability, the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building and the capability. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a command to perform an operation associated with the entity, the operation associated with the capability of the entity and provide the command to perform the operation associated with the entity to an operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20220368558
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event comprising data and a timestamp. The building system operates to identify first contextual data describing the event in a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of a building, enrich the event with the first contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming system, the consuming system generating an output event based on the enriched event. The building system operates to identify second contextual data describing the output event in the digital twin, enrich the output event with the second contextual data, and provide the enriched output event to the consuming system or another consuming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Rajiv Ramanasankaran
  • Publication number: 20220345328
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate an event subscription for a consuming system, the event subscription defining events to be sent to the consuming system. The building system operates to receive an event from an event source, the event comprising data and a timestamp and identify contextual data describing the event in a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of a building. The building system operates to enrich the event with the contextual data and provide, based on the event subscription and the contextual data of the enriched event, the enriched event to the consuming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20220294662
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a request to access a portion of a building graph of the building from a system, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building and the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building. The instructions cause one or more processors to determine whether the system has access to the portion of the building graph based on a policy indicated by the plurality of nodes and edges of the building graph and provide the portion of the building graph to the system in response to a determination that the system has access to the portion of the building graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20220239525
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event indicating a data value associated with the event source occurring at a particular time. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify contextual data of a database that provides a contextual description of the event, generate an enriched event by enriching the event with the contextual data, the enriched event including the data value, the particular time, and the contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming application configured to operate based on the enriched event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Patent number: 11361123
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event indicating a data value associated with the event source occurring at a particular time. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify contextual data of a database that provides a contextual description of the event, generate an enriched event by enriching the event with the contextual data, the enriched event including the data value, the particular time, and the contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming application configured to operate based on the enriched event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Patent number: 11356292
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to identify a capability of an entity in a building graph, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building including the entity and the capability, the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building and the capability. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a command to perform an operation associated with the entity, the operation associated with the capability of the entity and provide the command to perform the operation associated with the entity to an operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20220100918
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event indicating a data value associated with the event source occurring at a particular time. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify contextual data of a database that provides a contextual description of the event, generate an enriched event by enriching the event with the contextual data, the enriched event including the data value, the particular time, and the contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming application configured to operate based on the enriched event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Patent number: 11150617
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event indicating a data value associated with the event source occurring at a particular time. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify contextual data of a database that provides a contextual description of the event, generate an enriched event by enriching the event with the contextual data, the enriched event including the data value, the particular time, and the contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming application configured to operate based on the enriched event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Publication number: 20210216052
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to manage a plurality of entitlements for a plurality of subscriptions of one or more buildings with a building entitlement model, receive a first request to perform a first operation for a first subscription and a second request to perform a second operation for a second subscription, and implement the first operation on first computing resources of a first zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a first determination that the first subscription has the first entitlement and implement the second operation on second computing resources of the second zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a second determination that the second subscription has the second entitlement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto