System for remote management of applications of an industrial control system
US6801920B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99954
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for providing remote configuration management for an industrial control system (ICS) over a wide area network (such as the Internet), including keeping track of each application used by each device of the ICS, the system including: a configuration database, for keeping track of past and present configurations (which devices are or were in use by the ICS in each configuration); a remote sensing module, for determining information about the ICS devices and about applications used by the ICS devices; a configuration manager, for providing over the wide area network a restored copy of an application used by an ICS device; and utilities for enabling communication over a wide area network. The system optionally includes a billing manager that receives from the configuration manager information about each service performed by the configuration manager.
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