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Shared repository of simulation models

  • US 10,521,521 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2014
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for simulating a process entity in an industrial process, the system comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory device coupled to the processor;

    software instructions stored on the memory device and executable by the processor, said instructions comprising;

    instructions for presenting a plurality of model editors on a respective plurality of remote processing devices, wherein the remote processing devices are coupled to the system via a communications network, and wherein each of the remote processing devices is associated with a user;

    instructions for creating, via the model editors, a plurality of standard entity type objects in response to user input from one or more of the remote processing devices, said standard entity type objects each generically representing a type of process entity in the industrial process, wherein one or more of the standard entity type objects are customizable;

    instructions for creating, via the model editors, a plurality of custom entity type objects in response to user input from one or more of the remote processing devices, wherein the custom entity type objects are specific to the users associated with the remote processing devices;

    instructions for storing the standard entity type objects in a pre-existing default model library of a shared repository stored on a shared server;

    instructions for creating a custom model library in the shared repository;

    instructions for storing the custom entity type objects in the custom model library;

    instructions for enabling the remote processing devices to access the standard entity type objects in the default model library of the shared repository simultaneously;

    instructions for enabling the remote processing devices to access the custom entity type objects in the custom model library of the shared repository simultaneously;

    instructions for changing, via the model editors, at least one of the custom entity objects in response to user input from one or more of the remote processing devices; and

    instructions for persisting, in the custom model library of the shared repository, changes made to the custom entity type objects by any of the users associated with the remote processing devices.

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