US 12,079,652 B2
Digital engineering virtual machine infrastructure
Ryan P Dunn, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); Nathaniel S Sandler, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); and Christopher Wayne Como, Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,193.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017237 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 8/63 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for provisioning digital engineering services, comprising:
a memory that stores executable components; and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
image registries configured to store, on a cloud platform, virtual machine images that are configured with respective industrial engineering applications, wherein the image registries are designated to respective different vendors of the industrial engineering applications;
a user interface component configured to receive, from a client device via the cloud platform, a request to utilize an industrial engineering application selected from the industrial engineering applications; and
a provisioning component configured to, in response to receipt of the request, instantiate a virtual machine image, selected from the virtual machine images, on which the industrial engineering application is installed to yield a virtual machine that executes the industrial engineering application on the cloud platform,
wherein the provisioning component is further configured to register a new industrial engineering application submitted to the system by a vendor, of the respective different vendors, in one of the multiple image registries designated to the vendor.