Provisioning of control layer applications for use in industrial control environments

US11226605B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• George Lo · Plainsboro, US
• Livio Dalloro · Plainsboro, US
• Thomas Gruenewald · Raritan, US
• Christian Winkler · Wernberg, AT
• Peter Kob · Heroldsberg, DE
• Andreas Scholz · Berlin, DE
• Mina Azib · Princeton, US
• Hermann Friedrich · Zorneding, DE
• Ren-Yi Lo · Monmouth Junction, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/80
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A control layer automation device comprises a processor, one or more control layer applications, a database, a wireless interface, a device memory. Each control layer application is configured to perform a discrete set of automation functions. The database comprises a plurality of operator device identifiers and the wireless interface allows the one or more control layer applications to communicate with a plurality of operator devices via the plurality of operator device identifiers. The device memory comprises the one or more control layer applications. The control layer application manager is configured to manage execution of the one or more control layer applications on the processor.