Securing access of a process control or automation system
US12228897B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 2023 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/34447
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process plant and industrial control system architecture includes a generalized compute fabric that is agnostic or indifferent to the physical location at which the compute fabric is implemented, includes one or more physical control or field devices located at one or more specific sites at which a product or process is being manufactured and further includes a transport network that securely provides communications between the compute fabric and the pool of physical devices. The compute fabric includes an application layer that includes configured containers or containerized software modules that perform various control, monitoring and configuration activities with respect to one or more devices, control strategies and control loops, sites, plants, or facilities at which control is performed, and includes a physical layer including computer processing and data storage equipment that can be located at any desired location, including at or near a site, plant, or facility at which control is being performed, at a dedicated location away from the location at which control is being performed, in re-assignable computer equipment provided in the cloud, or any combination thereof. This …
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