Industrial data analytics in a cloud platform

Abstract

Cloud-aware industrial devices feed robust sets of data to a cloud-based data analyzer that executes as a service in a cloud platform. In addition to industrial data generated or collected by the industrial devices, the devices can provide device profile information to the cloud-based analyzer that identifies the device and relevant configuration information. The industrial devices can also provide customer data identifying an owner of the industrial devices, contact information for the owner, active service contracts, etc. The cloud-based data analyzer leverages this information to perform a variety of custom analytics on the data and generate reports or notifications catered to the particular industrial assets' optimal performance and business goals of the owner's industrial enterprise, as well as perform real-time decision making and control.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61 / 821,639, entitled "Remote Services and Asset Management Systems and Methods," filed May 9, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The subject application relates generally to industrial automation, and more particularly to techniques for providing industrial data to a cloud platform for analysis by cloud-based applications and services. Background technique [0004] Industrial controllers and their associated I / O devices are central to the operation of modern automation systems. These controllers interact with field devices on the factory floor to control automated processes related to objectives such as product manufacturing, material handling, batch processing, monitoring, and other such applications. Industrial controllers store and execute user-defined control programs to incorporate control...

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Moreover, while a given industrial enterprise may include multiple plant facilities (or multiple mobile systems with variable locations) at different geographic locations, the scope of such applications is limited to those that exist on the same local area network as the application Data available on the controller on the

[0008] Also, given the heterogeneous nature of the industrial equipment used at a given industrial facility, the data generated by these equipment may have several different data types and formats that may not be compatible with each other, making collective analysis difficult

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