Patents by Inventor Christof J. Budnik

Christof J. Budnik 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).

  • Publication number: 20230400827
    Abstract: There is disclosed a building automation system, and a method thereof, for managing causal chain. Facility data of the building automation system is collected. One or more suggested causes and one or more causal chains are generated based on the facility data. One or more responsive actions are determined based on the suggested cause or causes, the causal chain or chains, and a cause-action mapping. A particular causal chain is provided based on the at least one responsive action and manager information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Heinrich Helmut Degen, Christof J. Budnik, Gregory Conte, Andrew Lintereur, Seth Weber
  • Publication number: 20190129832
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically generating test data for a software application of a system under test includes inserting test annotations in source code of the software application. A code analyzer identifies and collects the test annotations in control flow order. At least some of the test annotations contain constraints relating to input data or conditions processed by the software application. The collected test annotations define an initial pre-Model Based Testing model which is provided to a constraint solver to provide a constraint solution based on the test annotations containing constraints. The constraint solution and the pre-MBT model is used to generate an expanded MBT model which defines specific use cases for a test suite of the system under test. A test is performed based on the specific use cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Christof J. Budnik, Monica McKenna
  • Patent number: 9641692
    Abstract: An Incident-centric Mass Notification System (“Incident-centric MNS system”) for notifying a plurality of recipients of an Emergency Event is disclosed. The Incident-centric MNS system may include a Mass Notification System (“MNS”) Notification Engine, modality corridor (“MoCo”) dispatcher, and a plurality of modality corridors, wherein each modality corridor of the plurality of modality corridors establishes, for signal communication, a signal path from a plurality of signal paths, between the MNS Notification Engine and a recipient of the plurality of recipients. The MNS Notification Engine is configured to manage MNS Incidents and Notifications and the MoCo dispatcher is configured to select a first modality corridor from the plurality of modality corridors to establish a first signal path from the MNS Notification Engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Johannes P. Ros, Christoph Wienands, Michael A. Gall, Christof J. Budnik, Michael Wittemann
  • Patent number: 8930758
    Abstract: An arrangement for providing integrated, model-based testing of industrial systems in the form of a model-based test design module, a test execution engine and an automated test infrastructure (ATI) component. The ATI component includes a keyword processor that interfaces with test commands created by the design module to implement the testing of a specific industrial system. Configuration and deployment information is also automatically created by the design module and used by the ATI component to set up and control the specific industrial system being tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christof J. Budnik, Roberto Silveira Silva Filho, Stephen P. Masticola
  • Publication number: 20140376410
    Abstract: An Incident-centric Mass Notification System (“Incident-centric MNS system”) for notifying a plurality of recipients of an Emergency Event is disclosed. The Incident-centric MNS system may include a Mass Notification System (“MNS”) Notification Engine, modality corridor (“MoCo”) dispatcher, and a plurality of modality corridors, wherein each modality corridor of the plurality of modality corridors establishes, for signal communication, a signal path from a plurality of signal paths, between the MNS Notification Engine and a recipient of the plurality of recipients. The MNS Notification Engine is configured to manage MNS Incidents and Notifications and the MoCo dispatcher is configured to select a first modality corridor from the plurality of modality corridors to establish a first signal path from the MNS Notification Engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Johannes P. Ros, Christoph Wienands, Michael A. Gall, Christof J. Budnik, Michael Wittemann
  • Publication number: 20130185594
    Abstract: An arrangement for providing integrated, model-based testing of industrial systems in the form of a model-based test design module, a test execution engine and an automated test infrastructure (ATI) component. The ATI component includes a keyword processor that interfaces with test commands created by the design module to implement the testing of a specific industrial system. Configuration and deployment information is also automatically created by the design module and used by the ATI component to set up and control the specific industrial system being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: Siemens Industry, Inc., Siemens Corporation
    Inventors: Christof J. Budnik, Roberto Silveira Silva Filho, Stephen P. Masticola