US 12,443,172 B2
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 Mar. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/614,105.
Application 18/614,105 is a continuation of application No. 17/947,892, filed on Sep. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,947,342.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255929 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
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 container registry configured to store a plurality of container images; and
a 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 container registry based on the requested software function;
in response to determining that the container registry lacks a container image for performing the requested software function, determine a set of software functions that correspond to performing the requested software functions;
send an indication of the set of software functions to the industrial component;
receiving a selection of the set of software functions;
identify one or more container images of the plurality of container images that corresponds to the selection of the set of software functions;
retrieve the one or more container images from the container registry; and
send the one or more container images to the industrial component.