CONFIGURATION SYSTEM USING SECURITY OBJECTS IN A PROCESS PLANT
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating configuration of process plant items for use in controlling or monitoring at least a portion of a process plant, comprising:
- providing a user interface to facilitate configuration of an object capable of being representative of at least one of a process entity within the process plant and one or more steps to be performed by one or more process entities within the process plant;
receiving via the user interface user input data indicating that access to the object by a viewing or configuration application is to be limited; and
associating with the object an indication that access to the object by a viewing or configuration application is to be limited.
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Abstract
A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating configuration of process plant items for use in controlling or monitoring at least a portion of a process plant, comprising:
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providing a user interface to facilitate configuration of an object capable of being representative of at least one of a process entity within the process plant and one or more steps to be performed by one or more process entities within the process plant; receiving via the user interface user input data indicating that access to the object by a viewing or configuration application is to be limited; and associating with the object an indication that access to the object by a viewing or configuration application is to be limited. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling access to items capable of being associated with a process plant, comprising:
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providing a user interface to facilitate configuration of a group of items, each item in the group of items capable of representing at least one of a process entity within the process plant and one or more steps to be performed by one or more process entities within the process plant; receiving via the user interface user input data indicating that access to the group of items is to be limited; and associating with the group of items an indication that access to the group of items by a configuration application is to be limited. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A configuration system for facilitating configuration of a process plant, comprising:
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a computer readable medium; a processor in communication with the computer-readable medium; a database to store an object capable of being representative of at least one of a process entity within the process plant and one or more steps to be performed by one or more process entities within the process plant; and a configuration routine stored on the computer-readable medium and configured to be executed by the processor to; provide a user interface to facilitate configuration of the object, receive via the user interface user input data indicating that access to the object by a viewing or configuration application is to be limited, and associate with the object an indication that access to the object by a viewing or configuration application is to be limited.
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22. A configuration system for facilitating configuration of a process plant, comprising:
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a computer readable medium; a processor in communication with the computer-readable medium; a database to store a group of items, each item in the group of items capable of representing at least one of a process entity within the process plant and one or more steps to be performed by one or more process entities within the process plant; and a configuration routine stored on the computer-readable medium and configured to be executed by the processor to; provide a user interface to facilitate configuration of the group of items, receive via the user interface user input data indicating that access to the group of items is to be limited, and associate with the group of items an indication that access to the group of items by a configuration application is to be limited.
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