System and methodology providing flexible and distributed processing in an industrial controller environment
First Claim
1. A method to facilitate resource distribution in an industrial controller system, comprising:
- automatically querying a plurality of resources from a networked industrial control system;
automatically analyzing the plurality of resources to determine an available resource, the analyzing comprising (i) at least one of rules-based determining, statistical determining, probabilistic determining, or inference-based determining, and (ii) analyzing based on one or more classification models constructed to learn one or more data patterns in order to generate probabilities that predict a possible future data pattern; and
distributing the available resource within the networked industrial control system to facilitate a coordinated control process.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating flexible resource distribution in an industrial control environment. A query component is provided to determine one or more system resources from a networked industrial controller system, wherein the resources can include listings of applications, configurations, variable settings, and performance capabilities associated with a controller. Upon receiving available resource listings from various control devices, a distribution component can update the devices based in part on the resource listings and according to various criteria. A configuration component can be utilized in the controller system to provide network updates of controller parameters and to facilitate automated protocol selections when interacting with out-of-network devices. An analysis component can interact with the query, distribution, and configuration components to support higher-level decision-making in the resource distribution and allocation process.
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15 Claims
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1. A method to facilitate resource distribution in an industrial controller system, comprising:
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automatically querying a plurality of resources from a networked industrial control system; automatically analyzing the plurality of resources to determine an available resource, the analyzing comprising (i) at least one of rules-based determining, statistical determining, probabilistic determining, or inference-based determining, and (ii) analyzing based on one or more classification models constructed to learn one or more data patterns in order to generate probabilities that predict a possible future data pattern; and distributing the available resource within the networked industrial control system to facilitate a coordinated control process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system to facilitate resource distribution in an industrial controller system, comprising:
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means for automatically acquiring a plurality of resources from a networked industrial control system; means for analyzing the plurality of resources to determine an available resource, wherein the means for analyzing comprises means for learning data patterns to generate probabilities that predict possible future data patterns using at least one of a rules-base determination, a statistical determination, a probabilistic determination, or an inference-based determination; and means for deploying the available resource within the networked industrial control system to facilitate a distributed control process.
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