US 11,768,878 B2
Search results display in a process control system
Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, TX (US); Peter Hartmann, Austin, TX (US); Richard Clarence Dayo Fabros, Laguna (PH); Anthony Amaro, Jr., Cedar Park, TX (US); John M. Caldwell, Austin, TX (US); Mariana C. Dionisio, Austin, TX (US); and Benjamin J. Jackman, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/577,855.
Prior Publication US 2021/0089593 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01); G06F 16/908 (2019.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/90348 (2019.01) [G06F 16/908 (2019.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A method for presenting process plant search results in response to a process plant search query, the method comprising:
receiving, at a remote user interface device which does not have authorized access to directly communicate with a process plant, a process plant search query in a natural language format from a user related to one or more process plant entities within the process plant;
obtaining, by the remote user interface device, a set of process plant search results in response to the process plant search query from a knowledge repository at an edge-computing device generated by: (i) creating a duplicate of process plant-related data included in a field-facing component of the process plant, wherein the field-facing component interacts directly with data generated within the process plant and (ii) organizing the duplicate process plant-related data that describes attributes of the process plant entities according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities, wherein the remote user interface device does not directly interact with the process plant-related data generated within the process plant, and wherein the duplicate process plant-related data includes run-time data; and
presenting, by the remote user interface device, the set of process plant search results within a process plant search results display, wherein each process plant search result includes a selectable link to the duplicate process plant-related data, such that user interactions with the duplicate of the process plant-related data do not effect run-time operation of the process plant, thereby allowing the remote user interface device to perform a search regarding data in the process plant of the duplicate process plant-related data so that the remote user interface device does not directly interact with the process plant-related data in the field-facing component, and allowing the remote user interface device which does not have authorized access to directly communicate with the process plant to receive the duplicate process plant-related data representing activity in the process plant in a highly secure manner without impacting performance of the process plant.