Patent ID: 6950860

Claim:
A method for integrating building services comprising the acts of: (a) connecting at least one server to a first external communications interface via a first interconnection channel to form a first integrated building services system; (b) connecting a plurality of integrated building services to said first interconnection channel, wherein said first integrated building services system and said plurality of integrated building services form a first building element, and further wherein said plurality of integrated building services are two or more of at least one service device, at least one client device, at least one client application, and at least one MIS application; (c) developing an adapter element for each of said at least one service device, each of said at least one client device, and each of said at least one MIS application, wherein each said adapter element is an interface between said first integrated building services system and each of said at least one service device, each of said at least one client device, and each of said at least one MIS application; (d) loading each of said adapter elements onto said at least one server, wherein said first interconnection channel and each of said adapter elements encapsulate said plurality of integrated building services with a standard interconnection behaviors, allowing an underlying implementation of any of said plurality of integrated building services to be changed without affecting the behavior of said first integrated building services system; (e) for said at least one client application, (e1) developing said first client application to be compatible with said first integrated building services system; and (e2) connecting said first client application to said first interconnection channel; (f) connecting said first external communications interface to a public internet via a first communications channel; and (g) accessing a web site associated with said first integrated building services system by a user to gain access by said user to utilize any of said plurality of integrated building services of said first building element.