ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,830, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Building management system with configuration by building model augmentation" was invented by Erik S. Paulson (Madison, Wis.), Ambuj Shatdal (Madison, Wis.), Zhongyi Jin (Santa Clara, Calif.), Chenlu Zhang (Milwaukee) and Youngchoon Park (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for augmenting a building model comprises receiving a first building model associated with at least a portion of a building and having a first format, receiving a second building modeling associated with the portion of the building and havin...