Patent ID: 11941238
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method of viewing and editing an entity database, the method comprising:
causing, by one or more processing circuits, a storage device to store the entity database comprising a plurality of entities representing at least one of people, spaces, building devices, or points of the building and relationship data representing a plurality of relationships that relate the plurality of entities of the building;
causing, by the one or more processing circuits, a user interface of a user device to display a graphical representation of at least a portion of the entity database;
causing, by the one or more processing circuits, the user interface of the user device to display, responsive to selection of a new entity, an element indicating an existing entity of the entity database and including a plurality of selectable relationship types for a new relationship between the new entity and the existing entity, the element including relationship identifiers of the plurality of selectable relationship types for the new relationship between the new entity and the existing entity;
receiving, by the one or more processing circuits, via the element, a user input selecting a new relationship type to create the new relationship between the new entity and the existing entity of the entity database, wherein the new relationship type is selected from the plurality of selectable relationship types; and
updating, by the one or more processing circuits, the entity database to create the new relationship between the new entity and the existing entity based on the user input.