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Management and development of an industrial environment

  • US 9,217,998 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2010
  • Issued: 12/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • at least one memory comprising computer-executable code instructions; and

    at least one processor functionally coupled to the at least one memory and configured to execute the computer-executable code instructions to implement components comprising;

    a configuration component configured to retrieve one or more configuration records from an industrial system and create at least one configuration unit that defines functionality of the industrial system based on the one or more configuration records, wherein the one or more configuration records contain at least identity information that identifies one or more industrial devices of the industrial system and one or more security profiles of the one or more industrial devices; and

    a design component configured to identify an area of operational improvement for the industrial system based on analysis of the one or more configuration records, wherein the area of operational improvement comprises at least one device or service determined to be performing outside a defined performance metric; and

    a service generator configured to create, based on the area of operational improvement, a service that exposes at least a subset of the functionality defined by the at least one configuration unit.

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