Patents by Inventor Thomas Gollackner

Thomas Gollackner 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 automation network
    Patent number: 12693642
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a building automation network. The network may include an embedded edge device having a data interface and an edge digital service agent adapted to automatically fetch container images of configured containers via the data interface from a cloud-based container repository for deployment as a container application in a persistent memory and a container engine adapted to run the deployed container application for performing tasks in the building automation network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gollackner, Michele Remonato, Mohit Soral
  • A Building Automation Network
    Publication number: 20240019824
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a building automation network. The network may include an embedded edge device having a data interface and an edge digital service agent adapted to automatically fetch container images of configured containers via the data interface from a cloud-based container repository for deployment as a container application in a persistent memory and a container engine adapted to run the deployed container application for performing tasks in the building automation network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gollackner, Michele Remonato, Mohit Soral
  • Efficient Heartbeat Mechanism for Cloud Applications
    Publication number: 20220321444
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a gateway comprising a communication component configured for data communication with a central cloud service. The communication component is configured to send a verification message to the central cloud service to check the operational readiness of a communication connection between the gateway and the central cloud service. The verification message comprises payload information from further components of the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gollackner, Daniel Bögli