Patent ID: 9613464
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06T,G09B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: graphically displaying a two dimensional first portion of a first floor of a building on a two dimensional visual display unit; displaying a device on the two dimensional first portion of the first floor, wherein the device comprises information indicating a device type; specifying a floor characteristic, wherein the floor characteristic includes a ceiling height parameter; establishing an origin of a first coordinate system; establishing an x coordinate and a y coordinate for the device based on the origin; providing a floor identifier for the device; and establishing a height coordinate for the device by adding heights of a number of floors below the device based on the ceiling height parameter to calculate a floor height parameter and adding an installation location height to the floor height parameter based on the device type to establish the height coordinate, wherein the origin is established by receiving a user input specifying a point.