US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry on Jan. 13 for "Control device for a building automation system having global data management" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,168, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Control device for a building automation system having global data management" was invented by William Choi (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Thomas Evans (Chicago) and Robert L. Johnson (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller of a building automation system, and a method thereof, comprising a communication component and a processor. The communication component communicates with one or more other controllers of multiple automation level devices. The automation level devices are associated with an automation level network of the building autom...