Patent ID: 9741002
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06Q

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for controlling a computer system to carry out a method that provides an estimate for a defined building automation system, the method compromising through operation of the computer system: associating a plurality of building automation components with a typical subsystem in a single subsystem file in a database; associating a number of instances of the typical subsystem with the typical subsystem in the database, the number of instances of the typical subsystem including at least a first instance and a second instance of the typical subsystem; displaying on a first screen portion of a user interface a plurality of areas for installation of the defined building automation system; displaying on the first screen portion of the user interface, the number of instances of the typical subsystem in association with the plurality of area, the typical subsystem defined by the single subsystem file in the database, the single subsystem file identifying the plurality of building automation components, and the single subsystem file associated with a quantity value in the database, the quantity value equal to the number of the instances of the typical subsystem; and determining a cost estimate for the building automation system based at least in part on the number of instances of the typical subsystem.