System and method for electronic delivery of content for industrial automation systems
First Claim
1. A method for serving an operator of a machine tool comprising a control system equipped for communicating over a network with a host system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an identifying code from the control system;
transmitting a set of content options based on the identifying code;
receiving a request for content that identifies a content option among the set of content options from the control system;
identifying a price for the requested content;
delivering, by the host system, the requested content, the requested content comprising a list of data items to be captured, at least one trace event that defines when a trace for data associated with a data item of the list of data items is invoked, and at least one trigger event that defines when the trace for the data is terminated; and
charging the operator of the machine tool the identified price.
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Abstract
Content is generated on a host system based on real-time data from a controlled process collected over the internet from a customer'"'"'s client machine tool control system. The client system may request content from a host website. Instructions associated with the requested content, which may be in the form of an application to be run on the client, is delivered to the client via download over the internet. The client gathers real-time data associated with a controlled process and transmits it to the host, where content based on the data can be generated for the client and/or its owner. Data gathered by the host, and content generated on the basis of the data, may be made accessible to machine tool manufacturers. Also, data received by the host is associated with an identifier defined for each client system. A historical database for given client equipment can thereby be created.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for serving an operator of a machine tool comprising a control system equipped for communicating over a network with a host system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving an identifying code from the control system; transmitting a set of content options based on the identifying code; receiving a request for content that identifies a content option among the set of content options from the control system; identifying a price for the requested content; delivering, by the host system, the requested content, the requested content comprising a list of data items to be captured, at least one trace event that defines when a trace for data associated with a data item of the list of data items is invoked, and at least one trigger event that defines when the trace for the data is terminated; and charging the operator of the machine tool the identified price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for serving an operator of a tool, the system comprising:
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a machine tool comprising a control system, the control system being configured to transmit an identifying code and receive a set of content options based on the identifying code, transmit a request for content that identifies a content option among the set of content options, receive content associated with the request for content, the content including a list of data items to be captured, at least one trace event that defines when a trace for data associated with a data item of the list of data items is to be invoked, and at least one trigger event that defines when the trace for the data is to be terminated, perform a machine tool process directed according to the received content, and transmit data collected during the machine tool process; and a host configured to receive the identifying code and transmit the set of content options based on the identifying code, receive the request for content and identify a price for the content associated with the request, transmit the content associated with the request, receive and process the data collected by the control system during the machine tool process, and charge an operator of the machine tool the identified price. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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