IoT Automation Architecture with Avatars for Cross-System Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Legacy industrial and commercial automation applications are developed in isolation, lacking integration with remote vertical systems for maintenance, logistics, production, and accounting, necessitating novel technology architectures to unify configuration, management, and operations across diverse ecosystems.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for managing IoT-enabled devices using a specialized software architecture that models entities as Avatars, defines Automatons for state and behavior representation, and initiates actions through Shareables, leveraging microservices and APIs for integration and interoperability across systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If legacy industrial and commercial automation applications are developed in isolation with remote vertical systems, then each system can be independently configured and managed, but integration across diverse ecosystems (maintenance, logistics, production, accounting) becomes complex and fragmented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary integration layer that mediates between isolated vertical systems and external ecosystems. This layer provides standardized APIs and communication protocols that enable seamless integration across maintenance, logistics, production, and accounting systems without requiring changes to the core isolated systems, thus resolving the contradiction between independent operation and ecosystem integration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universal communication interfaces and data exchange standards that allow the same system architecture to interact with multiple different ecosystems (maintenance, logistics, production, accounting). This multi-functional approach enables a single integration framework to handle diverse integration requirements, reducing overall integration complexity while maintaining independent system configuration
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional monolithic automation architectures are used, then system configuration and management are centralized and simplified, but adaptability to diverse ecosystems and scalability become limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monolithic automation architecture into modular microservices and independent vertical systems. Each segment can be independently configured, managed, and scaled while maintaining standardized interfaces for ecosystem integration. This segmentation enables high adaptability to diverse ecosystems while managing complexity through modular design and distributed architecture
3Reliability
If isolated vertical systems are used for maintenance, logistics, production, and accounting, then each system can be optimized for its specific function, but unified configuration and management across all systems becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized configuration and management interface that acts as an intermediary to the isolated vertical systems. This interface provides unified control and monitoring capabilities across maintenance, logistics, production, and accounting systems while preserving their functional independence and optimization, allowing operators to manage multiple specialized systems through a single unified portal
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AI summary
In some embodiments, systems, devices, and methods described herein provide digitized ecosystem architectures connecting systems and processes within and among various entities using Internet-of-Things (IoT) to integrate physical assets of the entities. In some embodiments, one or more blockchain applications and/or smart contracts and further define and manage system integration.