OBJECT DESIGN DATA MODEL

• US 20140129182A1
• Filed: 11/06/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Weatherhead, Norman, Stump, Andrew R., Mansouri, Haithem, Rodriguez, Axel, Thomsen, Joachim
• Granted Patent: US 9,355,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2119/18 Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

Content management includes populating a library with modular objects and metadata associated with the modular objects. In response to a query, the library can be searched based in part on the metadata. The query can relate to implementation of an industrial process. One or more modular objects in the library can be identified as satisfying the query. A result of the query can be output and the output can include the identified modular objects and the respective metadata associated with the identified modular objects. The metadata can be anything known about the object that might not be accessible at runtime control.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least;

output a set of objects and a set of functionalities in response to a request for design of an object;

receive a selection of a first object from the set of objects and a first functionality from the set of functionalities;

apply a set of rules to the first object and the first functionality; and

bind the first object and the first functionality as a result of the applied set of rules.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of rules provides object inheritance of the first functionality.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to:

selectively deactivate at least a portion of a set of functionalities bound to the at least one object as a function of an identification of a user,

wherein the deactivation causes at least the portion of the set of functionalities to be hidden from the user and wherein the at least a portion of the set of functionalities comprises the first functionality.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to:

selectively activate at least a portion of a set of functionalities bound to the at least one object as a function of an identification of a user,

wherein the activation causes at least the portion of the set of functionalities to be exposed to the user and wherein the at least a portion of the set of functionalities comprises the first functionality.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to:

receive a selection of a second object from the set of objects and a second functionality from the set of functionalities;

apply the set of rules to the second object and the second functionality; and

bind the second object and the second functionality as a result of the applied set of rules, wherein the first functionally is different from the second functionally.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to:

ascertain an expected use for the first object; and

mask an embedded functionality of the first object and a linked functionality for the first object based on the expected use, wherein the mask hides the embedded functionality and the linked functionality from a user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the linked functionality is associated with at least a second object.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to:

ascertain an expected use for the first object;

unmask an embedded functionality of the first object and a linked functionality for the first object based on the expected use, wherein the unmask exposes the embedded functionality and the linked functionality to a user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to:

populate a library with the first object and the first functionality, wherein the first functionality is stored as metadata linked to the first object.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the library is a global library hosted through a public network.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the library is a private library accessible through a private network.

12. A method, comprising:

evaluating, by a system including a processor, a design request for a data model comprising a set of objects;

outputting, by the system, alternative objects and associated functionalities related to the data model;

receiving, by the system, an indication that one or more alternative objects and associated functionalities are to be included in the data model;

applying, by the system, a set of rules to the included one or more alternative objects and associated functionalities; and

creating, by the system, the data model that comprises the selected one or more alternative objects, the associated functionalities, and the applied set of rules.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

ascertaining, by the system, an identification of a user that requested the data model;

deactivating, by the system, at least a portion of the associated functionalities related to the data model based on the identification of the user; and

outputting, by the system, the data model with the at least the portion of the associated functionalities deactivated, wherein the deactivation hides the at least the portion of the associated functionalities from view.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the deactivating comprises determining, by the system, the user does not have access rights to at least the portion of the associated functionalities based on the identification of the user.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

ascertaining, by the system, an identification of a user that requested the data model;

activating, by the system, at least a portion of the associated functionalities related to the data model based on the identification of the user; and

outputting, by the system, the data model with the at least the portion of the associated functionalities activated, wherein the activation enables at least the portion of the associated functionalities to be viewed.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the activating comprises determining, by the system, the user has access rights to at least the portion of the associated functionalities based on the identification of the user.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the evaluating comprises searching metadata embedded in the set of objects for functionalities that support the data model.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing device including a processor to perform operations, comprising:

retrieving a set of objects and associated metadata from an object library, wherein the set of objects are recommended for a hierarchical data model;

receiving a selection of one or more objects from the set of objects;

applying a rule to the selected one or more objects;

determining at least one object of the selected one or more objects is validated by the rule; and

incorporating the at least one object into the hierarchical data model.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, the operations further comprise:

evaluating a request for the hierarchical data model, wherein the request comprises user identity information;

masking the associated metadata for the at least one object as a function of the evaluating; and

presenting the hierarchical data model, wherein the masked associated metadata is hidden from the user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, the operations further comprise:

evaluating a request for the hierarchical data model, wherein the request comprises user identity information;

unmasking the associated metadata for at least one object based on the evaluating; and

presenting the hierarchical data model, wherein the associated metadata is exposed to the user as a function of the evaluating.