Patents by Inventor Thomas SHIRCLIFF

Thomas SHIRCLIFF 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: 20200082277
    Abstract: An information analytic system including an extraction unit that interacts with a multi-layered digital representation of a building and extracts digital representation of mechanical and electrical devices from the digital representation, a correlation unit that correlates each mechanical and electrical device to at least one other mechanical and electrical device that is in mechanical or electrical communication with the mechanical or electrical device, and a rule application unit that applies at least one rule to each mechanical and electrical device based on the correlations to other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Shircliff, Robert Merchison
  • Patent number: 10482383
    Abstract: An information analytic system including a plurality of automation units each connected to a plurality of monitoring and control devices and connected to a network and configured to collect environmental information, a facility information unit connected to the network and configured to store information relating to locations of devices related to the facility, an information gathering unit connected to the network and communicatively coupled to at least one of the automation units and the facility information unit that retrieves a listing of all monitoring and control devices connected to each automation unit and relates each monitoring and control device to at least one device in at least one facility, an information analysis unit that analyzes the information from the facility information unit and logically relates the devices in the facility based on physical locations of the devices in the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Intelligent Buildings
    Inventors: Thomas Shircliff, Robert Murchison
  • Publication number: 20160267385
    Abstract: An information analytic system including a plurality of automation units each connected to a plurality of monitoring and control devices and connected to a network and configured to collect environmental information, a facility information unit connected to the network and configured to store information relating to locations of devices related to the facility, an information gathering unit connected to the network and communicatively coupled to at least one of the automation units and the facility information unit that retrieves a listing of all monitoring and control devices connected to each automation unit and relates each monitoring and control device to at least one device in at least one facility, an information analysis unit that analyzes the information from the facility information unit and logically relates the devices in the facility based on physical locations of the devices in the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas SHIRCLIFF, Robert MURCHISON
  • Patent number: 9373083
    Abstract: An information analytic system including an information gathering unit configured to gather at least one piece of information from at least one of a plurality of devices connected to a network, an information analysis unit configured to analyze the gathered information, and a rule generation unit configured to generate at least one rule based on the analysis performed by the information analysis unit. The rule analysis unit is configured to analyze each generated rule to identify the rules that can be applied to the corresponding piece information, and to apply applies the identified rule to the corresponding piece of information. The rule analysis unit is also configured to analyze unapplied rules and to determine what additional information is required to apply each unapplied rule to at least one piece of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Shircliff, Robert Murchison
  • Publication number: 20150356419
    Abstract: An information analytic system including an information gathering unit configured to gather at least one piece of information from at least one of a plurality of devices connected to a network, an information analysis unit configured to analyze the gathered information, and a rule generation unit configured to generate at least one rule based on the analysis performed by the information analysis unit. The rule analysis unit is configured to analyze each generated rule to identify the rules that can be applied to the corresponding piece information, and to apply applies the identified rule to the corresponding piece of information. The rule analysis unit is also configured to analyze unapplied rules and to determine what additional information is required to apply each unapplied rule to at least one piece of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas SHIRCLIFF, Robert MURCHISON
  • Patent number: 9141912
    Abstract: An information analytic system including an information gathering unit configured to gather at least one piece of information from at least one of a plurality of devices connected to a network, an information analysis unit configured to analyze the gathered information, and a rule generation unit configured to generate at least one rule based on the analysis performed by the information analysis unit. The rule analysis unit is configured to analyze each generated rule to identify the rules that can be applied to the corresponding piece information, and to apply applies the identified rule to the corresponding piece of information. The rule analysis unit is also configured to analyze unapplied rules and to determine what additional information is required to apply each unapplied rule to at least one piece of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Shircliff, Robert Murchison
  • Publication number: 20130297550
    Abstract: An information analytic system including an information gathering unit configured to gather at least one piece of information from at least one of a plurality of devices connected to a network, an information analysis unit configured to analyze the gathered information, and a rule generation unit configured to generate at least one rule based on the analysis performed by the information analysis unit. The rule analysis unit is configured to analyze each generated rule to identify the rules that can be applied to the corresponding piece information, and to apply applies the identified rule to the corresponding piece of information. The rule analysis unit is also configured to analyze unapplied rules and to determine what additional information is required to apply each unapplied rule to at least one piece of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas SHIRCLIFF, Robert MURCHISON