Backup of an industrial automation plant in the cloud

US11042131B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John Strohmenger · Strongsville, US
• Jessica L. Korpela · Milwaukee, US
• Matthew W. Fordenwalt · Hudson, US
• Jan Pingel · New Berlin, US
• Stephen L. Hickox · Middlefield, US
• Douglas B. Weber · Glendale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2201/84
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Cloud-based backup provides a back up of an industrial plant comprising an industrial automation system(s) (IAS(s)). A cloud-based backup component comprising a modeler component can generate a model of industrial assets of the IAS(s) and relationships between industrial assets based on information obtained from the industrial assets via cloud gateways, a communication device associated with the IAS(s), or another source. The cloud-based backup component can store the model in a data store to be employed as a backup of the IAS(s) or to be used to configure a new IAS that is the same as or similar to the IAS(s). The model can be stored in the data store in a standardized or an agnostic format, wherein the backup component can translate the model to a format suitable to an IAS for which it is to be implemented based on characteristics associated with the IAS.