Retrieving and navigating through manufacturing data from relational and time-series systems by abstracting the source systems into a set of named entities

US8364300B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Invensys Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nicolas Pouyez · Paso Robles, US
• Keynon Basinger · San Marcos, US
• Nicholas Beets · Aliso Viejo, US
• Stephane Bischoff · Keyano, CA
• James Eric O'Hearn · Mission Viejo, US
• Ravi Prakash · Concord, US
• Patrick Parsy · Rancho Santa Margarita, US
• Christian-Marc Pouyez · Laval, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A software agent is described that receives an information request to retrieve information based on a name defined by a configured manufacturing data model. The agent serves the request by relating data coming from one or multiple backend systems and adding contextual data (Metadata). A result set is prepared to correspond to the format and filtering criteria defined in the information request, and the agent produces a response in a normalized format. The response contains the requested data and metadata used for navigation and contextualization purposes. The response in the normalized format is transmitted by the agent synchronously or asynchronously based on criteria specified in the request.