Patent ID: 6041288
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for evaluating pieces of building infrastructure equipment, comprising the steps of:(a) storing, in a data base, for each piece of equipment, a record containing an associated identification, and an operating tolerance specification, designating an acceptable range of operating parameters;(b) selecting said each piece of said infrastructure equipment for evaluation by retrieving from said data base said identification and corresponding operating tolerance specification for said each piece of equipment;(c) evaluating said selected piece of equipment by conducting a test of current operating parameters to determine if said selected equipment piece has each of its operating parameters within the specified acceptable range, and if not, then(i.) assessing what impact said selected piece of equipment has on the distribution network when said selected piece of equipment has at least one operating parameter outside the specified acceptable range;(ii.) taking corrective action on said selected piece of equipment in accordance with the impact; otherwise,(d) selecting another of said pieces of equipment; and(e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until said equipment pieces have been selected.