Method and system for sending localization and identity dependent information to mobile terminals
First Claim
1. A communication method in an industrial automation facility, having a central control and information system and a number of movable user terminals having an information display, and where the control and information system has access to data bases comprising extensive information of the industrial automation facility, the method comprising:
- providing said central control and information system with an identification of a user of a first user terminal, determining a present location of said first user terminal;
selecting a data quantity from the databases depending on at least both the identification and the present location;
where the selected data quantity forms a reduced part of the extensive information about the industrial automated facility, adapted to the users specific needs;
communicating said data quantity from the central control and information system to the first user terminal; and
presenting the first data quantity for said user on the information display of the first user terminal, whereby the user is provided with most relevant facility information at each instant without taking active measures.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses methods and devices, with which a selection action of information is performed in a central system before communicating the selected information to a user terminal. This selection (4,6) is according to the invention based on a least both the identity (9) of the user and the position (11) of the user terminal. By using relations between identity (9) and profiles (8) a first information filtering can be achieved. By further using relations between the actual position (11) of the user terminal and the constitution of the industrial automation facility, information irrelevant for the parts in the vicinity of the user terminal is removed. Preferably, also the operational situation of the facility and the history of the user actions are used for filtering or prioritising the information. The most prioritised data quantity is communicated (12) to the user terminal (13) and displayed at a user terminal display. If all the data, despite the sifting, is too extensive to be shown at once on the user terminal (13), the user may by one or a few key presses or mouse actions zap between different parts of the relevant information.
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35 Claims
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1. A communication method in an industrial automation facility, having a central control and information system and a number of movable user terminals having an information display, and where the control and information system has access to data bases comprising extensive information of the industrial automation facility, the method comprising:
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providing said central control and information system with an identification of a user of a first user terminal, determining a present location of said first user terminal;
selecting a data quantity from the databases depending on at least both the identification and the present location;
where the selected data quantity forms a reduced part of the extensive information about the industrial automated facility, adapted to the users specific needs;
communicating said data quantity from the central control and information system to the first user terminal; and
presenting the first data quantity for said user on the information display of the first user terminal, whereby the user is provided with most relevant facility information at each instant without taking active measures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 33, 34, 35)
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17. A communication system in an industrial automation facility, comprising:
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a central control and information system;
a number of movable user terminals having an information display; and
identification providing means for providing said central control and information system with an identification of a user of a first user terminal;
whereby the central control and information system having access to at least one database, whereby the database comprises extensive information about the industrial automation facility, locator means for determining of a present location of the first user terminal;
selector means for selecting a data quantity from said database, whereby selector means being connected to at least both said identification providing means and the locator means;
whereby the selected data quantity comprises a reduced part of the extensive information about the industrial automation facility, adapted to the users specific need; and
communication means for communicating the selected data quantity from said selector means to the first user terminal;
whereby the information display of the first user terminal being arranged for presenting the selected data quantity for the user;
whereby said user is provided with most relevant facility information at each instant without taking active measures. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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