Patent ID: 8577931
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by operation of a processor, for configuring a building management system to provide a graphical interface that represents building resources, the method including the steps of: operating the processor thereby to enable the defining of data indicative of a plurality of points, each point including data indicative of an item name, data indicative of a containment parent, and data indicative of an operational state, wherein the plurality of points include: operating the processor to generate, for the plurality of points, on the basis of their respective data indicative of containment parents, a construct indicative of a hierarchical structure wherein each point is nested beneath its containment parent; operating the processor to associate, in the case that, for a given one of the plurality of points, the data indicative of an operational state meets predefined characteristics, an alarm condition with that point; and operating the processor to upwardly aggregate alarm conditions in the hierarchical structure to facilitate an alarm condition associated with a given one of the plurality of points to be identified based on one or more points beneath which that point is nested.