US 10,313,443 B2 · Intercommunication for asset health monitoring devices

Abstract

An extensible computing system integrates asset health data and user control of devices made by different manufacturers, using a common computer platform application structure and a common platform services structure. A services bus communicates device signals in a standardized format from the common platform services structure to a proprietary extension services structure, which converts the device communication signals from the standardized format to a proprietary communication format. A data highway bus communicates asset health and reliability data in a standardized data format from the proprietary extension services structure to the common extension services structure. The proprietary services structure converts asset health data from a proprietary data format as received from the proprietary device into the standardized data format. An input communicates data in the proprietary data format from the proprietary device to the computer, and an output sends communication signals in the proprietary communication format to the proprietary device.

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Dependent claims

An extensible computing system for integrating asset health and reliability data from devices made by different manufacturers and also for integrating user communication of the devices made by different manufacturers, the computing system comprising:

a computer,
program structures operable on the computer, the program structures including, common platform structures, including,
a common platform application structure, and
a common platform services structure, including,
a services bus for communicating device communication signals in a standardized format from the common platform services structure to a proprietary extension services structure, where the proprietary extension services structure converts the device communication signals from the standardized format to a proprietary communication format that is understood by a proprietary device, and
a data highway bus for communicating asset health data in a standardized data format from the proprietary extension services structure to the common extension services structure, where the proprietary services structure converts asset health and reliability data from a proprietary data format as received from the proprietary device into the standardized data format,
an input for communicating data in the proprietary data format from the proprietary device to the computer, and
an output for sending communication signals in the proprietary communication format to the proprietary device.

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A non-transient, computer-readable medium containing an extensible asset health program for enabling a computer to communicate with proprietary asset health devices, the extensible asset health program comprising:

a common platform services program for establishing a services bus and a data highway bus,
a selectively removable first proprietary extension services program associated with a first proprietary API set, a first proprietary data format, a first proprietary command format, and a first proprietary asset health device, the first proprietary extension services program for,
receiving data from the first proprietary asset health device in the first proprietary data format using the first proprietary API set,
converting the data from the first proprietary data format into a common data format,
sending the data in the common data format to the common platform services program on the data highway bus,
receiving commands in a common command format from the common platform services program on the services bus,
converting the commands from the common command format to the first proprietary command format, and
sending the commands in the first proprietary command format to the first proprietary asset health device using the first proprietary API set,
a common platform applications program for,
communicating with the common platform service program using a common platform API set,
receiving data in the common data format, originating from the first proprietary device and converted by the first proprietary services program,
displaying and analyzing the data,
receiving commands from a user for the first proprietary asset health device, and
sending the commands in the common command format to the common platform services program for delivery to the first proprietary asset health device in the first proprietary command format.

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A method for enabling a computer to communicate with proprietary asset health devices, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a common platform services program for establishing a services bus and a data highway bus,
providing a selectively removable first proprietary extension services program associated with a first proprietary API set, a first proprietary data format, a first proprietary command format, and a first proprietary asset health device, the first proprietary extension services program for,
receiving data from the first proprietary asset health device in the first proprietary data format using the first proprietary API set,
converting the data from the first proprietary data format into a common data format,
sending the data in the common data format to the common platform services program on the data highway bus,
receiving commands in a common command format from the common platform services program on the services bus,
converting the commands from the common command format to the first proprietary command format, and
sending the commands in the first proprietary command format to the first proprietary asset health device using the first proprietary API set,
providing a common platform applications program for,
communicating with the common platform service program using a common platform API set,
receiving data in the common data format, originating from the first proprietary device and converted by the first proprietary services program,
displaying and analyzing the data, receiving commands from a user for the first proprietary asset health device, and
sending the commands in the common command format to the common platform services program for delivery to the first proprietary asset health device in the first proprietary command format.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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