Industrial Event Translation to Mobile Notifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial process control and automation systems lack the ability to effectively translate events into mobile notifications, limiting real-time awareness and response for operators outside of control rooms or industrial sites.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that receive and route industrial process control events to a notification system, translating these events into mobile notifications for delivery to end-user devices, utilizing an event detection mechanism and notification server to support situational awareness across various locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If industrial process control systems use traditional notification methods (control room displays), then operators can monitor events, but operators outside control rooms or industrial sites cannot receive real-time notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the notification system from the traditional control room dimension to mobile devices accessible anywhere, adding a spatial dimension to event notification. This allows operators to receive notifications outside the control room environment through mobile phones, tablets, or other portable devices connected to the notification system.
2Loss of information
If the system translates all industrial events into mobile notifications, then operators receive comprehensive event information, but notification system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal notification system that can handle multiple event types from different industrial processes through a single platform. The system uses standardized event translation rules and configurable notification templates that can be applied across various event sources, reducing the need for separate notification mechanisms for each event type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an event translation service as an intermediary between the industrial control system and mobile notification system. This service translates diverse industrial events into a standardized format that the notification system can process, simplifying the overall system architecture by decoupling event sources from notification delivery mechanisms.
3Loss of information
If the system provides detailed event information in notifications, then operators gain complete situational awareness, but notification message length and data transmission increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of event information detail based on the specific event type, severity, and operator needs. Critical events receive detailed notifications with full context, while less important events receive summarized notifications. The system can also adapt the level of detail based on operator preferences and device capabilities.
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AI summary
A method includes receiving information identifying multiple events in an industrial process control and automation system and routing the events to one or more subscribers, where the one or more subscribers include a notification system. The method also includes translating the events into notifications using the notification system and transmitting each notification for delivery to one or more mobile end-user devices. The method could further include identifying multiple rules, where each rule defines at least one condition and at least one action. Each condition is associated with at least one event, and each action is associated with information related to the at least one event. In addition, the method could include determining whether the at least one condition of each rule is satisfied based on the information identifying the multiple events, where the notifications are generated based on each rule whose at least one condition is satisfied.