INDUSTRIAL DATA ANALYTICS IN A CLOUD PLATFORM

• US 20140337429A1
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Asenjo, Juan L., Strohmenger, John, Nawalaniec, Stephen Thomas, Hegrat, Bradford Henry, Harkulich, Joseph A., Korpela, Jessica Lin, Wright, Jenifer Rydberg, Hessmer, Rainer, Dyck, John, Hill, Edward Alan, Conti, Salvatore T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,438,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

Cloud-aware industrial devices feed robust sets of data to a cloud-based data analyzer that executes as a service in a cloud platform. In addition to industrial data generated or collected by the industrial devices, the devices can provide device profile information to the cloud-based analyzer that identifies the device and relevant configuration information. The industrial devices can also provide customer data identifying an owner of the industrial devices, contact information for the owner, active service contracts, etc. The cloud-based data analyzer leverages this information to perform a variety of custom analytics on the data and generate reports or notifications catered to the particular industrial assets'"'"' optimal performance and business goals of the owner'"'"'s industrial enterprise, as well as perform real-time decision making and control.

Claims

1. A system for processing industrial data, comprising:

a memory that stores computer-executable components;

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes computer-executable components, comprising;

a device interface component configured to receive data from an industrial device and store the data on cloud storage, wherein the data comprises at least device data relating to the industrial device and customer data relating to an industrial enterprise; and

an analysis component configured to generate output data directed to a client device via the cloud platform based on the device data and the customer data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the device data comprises at least one of a device identifier, a firmware revision identifier, a software code identifier, an operating system identifier, a configuration parameter setting for the industrial device, a status indicator for the industrial device, a role identifier that identifies a role of the industrial device in an industrial process, or identification of one or more other devices communicatively connected to the industrial device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the customer data comprises at least one of a customer identifier, contact information for one or more employees of the industrial enterprise, an industry identifier for the industrial enterprise, schedule data indicating a schedule for receipt or delivery of parts or ingredients involved in an industrial process, ingredient identification data indicating one or more ingredients used in the industrial process, or service contract data defining a service agreement between the industrial enterprise and a service provider.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis component is further configured to reference a product resource data store on the cloud platform to determine whether at least one of a hardware upgrade or a software upgrade is available for the industrial device based on the device data, and wherein the output data comprises notification data indicating that at least one of the hardware upgrade or the software upgrade is available.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the analysis component is further configured to identify a service agreement between the industrial enterprise and a service provider based on the customer data, and to generate the output data based on the service agreement.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data further comprises industrial data that is at least one of generated or collected by the industrial device.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a normalization component configured to transform the industrial data to a format compatible with the analysis component.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the device interface component is further configured to store the industrial data on the cloud platform in association with a customer identifier associated with the industrial enterprise and identified by the customer data.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the device interface component is further configured to collect multi-enterprise data from a plurality of industrial enterprises, and wherein the analysis component is further configured to generate the notification output based on correlation of the industrial data with the multi-enterprise data.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the analysis component is further configured to generate the output data based on a correlation of the industrial data with extrinsic data collected from one or more sources that are external to the industrial enterprise.

11. A method for analyzing industrial data, comprising:

receiving, at a cloud platform, data from an industrial device, wherein the data comprises at least device profile data relating to the device and customer profile data relating to an industrial enterprise; and

sending, via the cloud platform, output data to a client device based on the device profile data and the customer data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, as the device profile data, at least one of a device identifier, a firmware revision identifier, a software code identifier, an operating system identifier, a configuration parameter setting for the industrial device, a status indicator for the industrial device, a role identifier that identifies a role of the industrial device in an industrial process, or identification of one or more other devices communicatively connected to the industrial device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, as the customer profile data, at least one of a customer identifier, contact information for one or more employees of the industrial enterprise, an industry identifier for the industrial enterprise, schedule data indicating a schedule for receipt or delivery of parts or ingredients involved in an industrial process, ingredient identification data indicating one or more ingredients used in the industrial process, or service contract data defining a service agreement between the industrial enterprise and a service provider.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

cross-referencing a device identifier specified in the device profile data to a product resource data store on the cloud platform;

determining whether at least one of a hardware upgrade or a software upgrade is available for the industrial device based on the cross-referencing; and

generating the output data to include a notification that at least one of the hardware upgrade or the software upgrade is available.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising identifying a service agreement between the industrial enterprise and a vendor of the industrial device, wherein the sending the notification output comprises sending the notification output based on the service agreement.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving, at the cloud platform, industrial data that is at least one of generated or collected by the industrial device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving, at the cloud platform, multi-enterprise data from a plurality of industrial devices, wherein the sending comprises sending the output data based on a learned correlation between the industrial data and the multi-enterprise data.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising generating the output data based in part on a correlation between the industrial data and extrinsic data received from a source external to the industrial enterprise.

19. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, comprising

receiving data from an industrial device via a cloud interface, wherein the data comprises at least device data relating to the industrial device and customer data relating to an industrial organization;

sending output data to a client device via a cloud platform based on the device data and the customer data.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, as the device data, at least one of a device identifier, a firmware revision identifier, a software code identifier, an operating system identifier, a configuration parameter setting for the industrial device, a status indicator for the industrial device, a role identifier that identifies a role of the industrial device in an industrial process, or identification of one or more other devices communicatively connected to the industrial device.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the receiving comprises receiving, as the customer data, at least one of a customer identifier, contact information for one or more employees of the industrial organization, an industry identifier for the industrial enterprise, or service contract data defining a service agreement between the industrial organization and a service provider.