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US 11,609,750 B2Granted
Industrial automation multi-developer control code synchronization
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAndrew R Stump, Anthony Carrara, Eashwer Srinivasan, Srdjan Josipovic, Adam Gregory, Michael J Coan
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Abstract
An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports collaborative tools that allow multiple designers and programmers to remotely submit design input to the same automation system project in parallel while maintaining project consistency. The industrial IDE also permits localized development of system projects, and provides an infrastructure for intelligently brokering between conflicting edits submitted to common portions of the system project.
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A system for collaborative cloud-based development of industrial applications, comprising:
- a memory configured to store a master version of system project data that, in response to deployment and execution on one or more industrial devices, facilitates monitoring and control of an industrial automation system;
- and
- a processor, operatively coupled to the memory that executes executable components stored on the memory, wherein the processor and memory reside on a cloud platform, and the executable components comprise:
- a user interface component configured to receive, from a first client device, a first edit record defining first modifications made to a first version of the system project data that is stored locally on the first client device;
- and
- a collaboration management component configured to, in response to receipt of the first edit record:
- determine whether the first edit record conflicts with a second edit record defining second modifications made to a second version of the system project data that is stored locally on a second client device, and which have been applied to the master version of the system project data, and
- in response to determining that the first edit record does not conflict with the second edit record, apply the first modifications to the master version of the system project data and store the first edit record in association with the master version of the system project data,
- wherein the collaboration management component is further configured to classify the first edit record and the second edit record in association with the master version of the system project data according to a classification schema that classifies the first edit record and the second edit record according to one or more classification categories.
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A method comprising:
- maintaining, on a system that executes on a cloud platform and comprises a processor, a master version of system project data that, in response to execution on one or more industrial devices, facilitates monitoring and control of an industrial automation system;
- receiving, by the system from a first client device, a first edit record defining first modifications performed on a first version of the system project data that is stored locally on the first client device;
- in response to the receiving:
- determining, by the system, whether the first modifications conflict with a second edit record defining second modifications performed on a second version of the system project data that is stored locally on a second client device, and which have been applied to the master version of the system project data, and
- in response to determining that the first edit record does not conflict with the second edit record:
- applying the first modifications to the master version of the system project data, and
- storing the first edit record in association with the master version of the system project data;
- and
- classifying the first edit record and the second edit record in association with the master version of the system project data according to a classification schema, wherein the classification schema classifies the first edit record and the second edit record according to one or more classification categories.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor and executing on a cloud platform to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- maintaining, on the cloud platform, a master version of system project data that, in response to execution on one or more industrial devices, facilitates monitoring and control of an industrial automation system;
- receiving, from a first client device, a first edit record defining first edits applied a first version of the system project data that is stored locally on the first client device;
- in response to the receiving:
- determining whether the first edits conflict with a second edit record defining second edits applied to a second version of the system project data that is stored locally on a second client device, and which have been applied to the master version of the system project data, and
- in response to determining that the first edit record does not conflict with the second edit record:
- applying the first edits to the master version of the system project data, and
- storing the first edit record in association with the master version of the system project data;
- and
- classifying the first edit record and the second edit record in association with the master version of the system project data according to one or more classification categories.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.