Patent Document ID: 9897987
Application ID: 14386714
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system controller comprising: an electronic interface configured to receive data about a system to be controlled; and at least one processor and a memory comprising instructions, the instructions being executable by the at least one processor to at least: associate the received data with a time factor; update a set of summary bins, each of which covers a respective period of time, and each of which stores a summary of the received data having a time factor that falls within the respective period of time covered by the summary bin; process the summary bins; and issue control instructions to the system to be controlled based on results of the processing of the summary bins; wherein the periods of time covered by respective summary bins include overlapping periods of time and periods of time having different durations; and wherein the summary bins are fuzzy bins in the sense that where bins, having the same granularity, cover overlapping periods of time, data associated with a time falling within such an overlap is apportioned between the overlapping summary bins for summarizing purposes in accordance with fuzzy membership rules.