Dynamic hyperlinks for process control systems
First Claim
1. A method of providing dynamic access to knowledge references in a process control system, comprising:
- presenting a first display view on a first screen of a first computing device and a second display view on a second screen of a second computing device in the process control system, wherein the first display view and the second display view comprise at least one process control element and wherein said at least one process control element is defined within the process control system;
enabling a user to store at least one entry in a dynamic hyperlink database, wherein the at least one entry corresponds to at least one defined dynamic hyperlink and wherein the entry comprises;
an indication of an association between said at least one process control element and said at least one defined dynamic hyperlink; and
an indication of an association between said at least one defined dynamic hyperlink and at least one knowledge object;
automatically establishing within the first display view, and independent of the second display view, based on the entry of the dynamic hyperlink database, which is accessed by the process control system during run-times of the first display view, an association between the defined dynamic hyperlink and the process control element, wherein the defined dynamic hyperlink enables the user to access a first knowledge object; and
automatically establishing within the second display view, and independent of the first display view, based on an entry of the dynamic hyperlink database, which is accessed by the process control system during run-times of the second display view, an association between the at least one defined dynamic hyperlink and the process control element, wherein the defined dynamic hyperlink enables the user to access a second knowledge object that is different than the first knowledge object.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing knowledge access in a process control system and methods and systems for providing dynamic hyperlinks in a process control system are disclosed. A dynamic hyperlink may define an association between a process control object corresponding to a process control element and a knowledge object corresponding to a knowledge reference stored internally or externally to the process control system. At a run-time of a display view that includes the process control object, the defined dynamic hyperlink may be established without a configuration or a download. Upon selection of the defined dynamic hyperlink, the corresponding knowledge reference may be displayed. Defined dynamic hyperlinks may be stored in a process control system database independent of process control objects or knowledge objects. Embodiments of user interfaces for administrating dynamic hyperlinks are also disclosed.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of providing dynamic access to knowledge references in a process control system, comprising:
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presenting a first display view on a first screen of a first computing device and a second display view on a second screen of a second computing device in the process control system, wherein the first display view and the second display view comprise at least one process control element and wherein said at least one process control element is defined within the process control system; enabling a user to store at least one entry in a dynamic hyperlink database, wherein the at least one entry corresponds to at least one defined dynamic hyperlink and wherein the entry comprises; an indication of an association between said at least one process control element and said at least one defined dynamic hyperlink; and an indication of an association between said at least one defined dynamic hyperlink and at least one knowledge object; automatically establishing within the first display view, and independent of the second display view, based on the entry of the dynamic hyperlink database, which is accessed by the process control system during run-times of the first display view, an association between the defined dynamic hyperlink and the process control element, wherein the defined dynamic hyperlink enables the user to access a first knowledge object; and automatically establishing within the second display view, and independent of the first display view, based on an entry of the dynamic hyperlink database, which is accessed by the process control system during run-times of the second display view, an association between the at least one defined dynamic hyperlink and the process control element, wherein the defined dynamic hyperlink enables the user to access a second knowledge object that is different than the first knowledge object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing dynamic hyperlinks within multiple displays in a process control system, comprising:
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enabling a user to include at least one process control object within at least one first display view of multiple display views and to include the at least one process control object within at least one second display view of multiple display views, via a user interface, during creation of the multiple display views, via a display configuration interface; enabling a user to store at least one entry in a dynamic hyperlink database, wherein the at least one entry corresponds to a defined dynamic hyperlink and wherein the entry comprises; an indication of an association of the at least one process control object with the at least one defined dynamic hyperlink, and an indication of an association of at least one knowledge object with said at least one defined dynamic hyperlink, wherein the at least one knowledge object corresponds with at least one knowledge reference; automatically establishing, within the at least one first display view of the multiple display views, during run-time of the at least one first display view of the multiple display views, an association between the at least one process control object and the defined dynamic hyperlink, based on the at least one entry in the dynamic hyperlink database, wherein the defined dynamic hyperlink enables the user to access a first knowledge reference; and automatically establishing, within the at least one second display view of the multiple display views, independent from the at least one first display view of the multiple display views, during run-time of the at least one second display view of the multiple display views, an association between the at least one process control object and the defined dynamic hyperlink, based on the at least one entry in the dynamic hyperlink database, wherein the defined dynamic hyperlink enables the user to access a second knowledge reference that is different than the first knowledge reference, wherein the indication of the association of the at least one knowledge object with said at least one defined dynamic hyperlink is changed within the dynamic hyperlink database between the run-time of the at least one first display view and the run-time of the at least one second display view, and wherein the first display view and the second display view remain unchanged between the run-time of the at least one first display view and the run-time of the at least one second display view. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A dynamic knowledge access system within a process control system of a process control plant for providing access to knowledge references, the process control system having, a first computing device with a first processor, a second computing device with a second processor, a configuration database stored on a first centralized non-transitory computer-readable memory internal to a firewall of the process control system, the configuration database comprising at least one process control object, the knowledge access system comprising:
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a dynamic hyperlink database stored on a second centralized non-transitory computer-readable memory accessible to the process control system, wherein an entry of the dynamic hyperlink database corresponds to a specific dynamic hyperlink and wherein the entry includes; an indication of an association between a process control object defined in the configuration database and the specific dynamic hyperlink; and an indication of an association between the specific dynamic hyperlink and at least one knowledge object corresponding to a knowledge reference accessible by the process control system; multiple display views exhibited within the process control system, wherein the multiple display views include the process control object; a first knowledge access provider comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable memory of the first computing device and adapted to be executed by the first processor of the first computing device, the first knowledge access provider being enabled to; automatically establish, within a first display view, during run-times of the first display view, based on the entry in the dynamic hyperlink database, an association between the specific dynamic hyperlink and the process control object that was entered within the first display view during configuration of the first display view, wherein the specific dynamic hyperlink enables a user to access a first knowledge reference; and a second knowledge access provider comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable memory of the second computing device and adapted to be executed by the second processor of the second computing device, the second knowledge access provider being enabled to; automatically establish, within a second display view, during run-times of the second display view, based on the entry in the dynamic hyperlink database, and independent of the first display view, an association between the specific dynamic hyperlink and the process control object that was entered within the second display view during configuration of the second display view, wherein the specific dynamic hyperlink enables a user to access a second knowledge reference that is different than the first knowledge reference. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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