Patent ID: 11874809
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A building system of a building, the building system comprising one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive building metadata strings in a first schema, the building metadata strings describing a plurality of components of the building, a first string of the building metadata strings representing a first component, a second component, and a first relationship between the first component and the second component, a second string of the building metadata strings representing the first component, a third component, and a second relationship between the first component and the third component;
generate, based on the building metadata strings, a plurality of characters in a universal schema, the plurality of characters representing the plurality of components of the building described in the building metadata strings, the plurality of characters representing the first component, the second component, and the third component;
generate, based on the building metadata strings, relationship characters in the universal schema between the plurality of components of the building, a first relationship character relating the first component to the second component and a second relationship character relating the first component to the third component; and
generate a single metadata string in the universal schema, the single metadata string to de-duplicate the first string of the building metadata strings and the second string of the building metadata strings, the single metadata string comprising the plurality of characters representing the first component, the second component, the third component and the relationship characters indicating that that first component is related to both the second component and the third component.