ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,628, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Equipment server, device server, and communication system" was invented by Seiji Gomyo (Tokyo) and Yoshio Matsumoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a communication system 1, a first communication unit 12 of an equipment server 10 communicates messages in a common data format with plural device servers 11. A equipment control unit 13 controls the access control system 6 including one or more passage restriction units 7, based on the message received by the first communication unit 12. The passage restriction units 7 are provided in the building 2 so as ...