US 11,947,342 B1
Container registry and subscription service for industrial systems
David C. Mazur, Mequon, WI (US); Rob A. Entzminger, Shawnee, KS (US); Ryan Coon, Franklin, WI (US); Bruce T. McCleave, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US); and James M. Teal, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,892.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G05B 19/4185 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4188 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first container registry configured to store one or more container images; and
a first computing device configured to:
receive a request from an industrial component operating in an industrial automation system, wherein the request comprises an indication of a requested software function;
query the first container registry based on the requested software function;
during the query, identify a first container image of the one or more container images that corresponds to the requested software function;
send an indication of the first container image to the industrial component;
receiving a selection of the first container image;
retrieve the first container image from the first container registry;
send the first container image to the industrial component;
receive an indication that the first container image is incompatible with the industrial component;
identify an additional industrial component configured to execute the first container image; and
send the at first image to the additional industrial component.