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Apparatus and method for event detection to support mobile notifications related to industrial process control and automation system

  • US 10,078,326 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2015
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining, at a notification server, information associated with multiple events in an industrial process control and automation system, the information obtained from multiple sources of data related to the industrial process control and automation system;

    generating, at the notification server, multiple notifications for mobile end-user devices using the obtained information; and

    sending, by the notification server, the multiple notifications to the mobile end-user devices over a third-party network;

    wherein obtaining the information associated with the multiple events comprises (i) using one or more queries to obtain a first part of the information from a first source of the multiple sources and (ii) obtaining a second part of the information from a second source of the multiple sources without using the one or more queries, the second source configured to provide event information without using the one or more queries; and

    wherein the one or more queries support detection of events from the first source, wherein the first source is not configured to provide event information to the notification server.

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