US 2019/0101910 A1Published application

Systems and Methods for Multi-Site Performance Monitoring of Process Control Systems

AssigneeFisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.

InventorsTrevor Duncan Schleiss, David R. Denison, Manikandan Janardhanan, Shaobo Qiu, William L. Sells

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Abstract

A performance monitoring system enables users of computing devices to easily view performance indicators for any of a number of different process control sites. A computing device displays a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables a user to identity one or more process control sites he or she is interested in monitoring. The computing device communicates with one or more servers associated with the process control site(s) to receive and display a set of performance indicators tailored to the selected process control sites and to the user's interests. In some instances, the user selects multiple sites and the system acts as an aggregator that selects, prioritizes, and/or categorizes (based on any of a number of different factors) performance indicators to be provided to the user for the multiple sites.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A system for monitoring performance of process control systems, the system comprising:

(A) a computing device including:
(i) a user interface, and (ii) a processor that, in response to the computing device receiving via the user interface an input representing a request to view performance monitoring information pertaining to a set of process control sites, causes the computing device to transmit a message including a request for performance indicators;
(B) one or more memory devices storing:
(i) a plurality of site profiles for a plurality of process control sites, wherein each site profile includes a record of performance indicators selected for a one of the plurality of process control sites;
and (ii) a plurality of user profiles for a plurality of users, wherein each user profile includes a record of performance indicators selected for a one of the plurality of users;
and
(C) one or more servers that, in response to receiving the message from the computing device, transmit to the computing device a set of performance indicators tailored to the set of process control sites and to a user of the computing device based on an analysis of:
(i) a set of site profiles, from the plurality of site profiles, uniquely associated with a plurality of site IDs included in the received message;
and (ii) a user profile, from the plurality of user profiles, uniquely associated with a user ID included in the received message;
wherein the computing device further includes a display that the computing device uses to display the set of performance indicators in response to the computing device receiving the set of performance indicators.

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A method of monitoring performance of process control systems, the method comprising:

(A) detecting, at a user interface of a computing device, a request to view performance monitoring information pertaining to a set of process control sites;
(B) responding to the request by transmitting, by the computing device, a message including a request for performance indicators;
(C) receiving, at one or more servers, the message;
(D) analyzing a set of site profiles and a user profile to select a set of performance indicators tailored to the set of process control sites and to a user of the computing device, wherein:
(i) the set of site profiles is selected from a plurality of site profiles based on a set of site IDs included in the received message, wherein each site ID in the set of site IDs is uniquely associated with a different site profile in the set of site profiles;
and
(ii) the user profile is selected from a plurality of user profiles based on a user ID included in the received message, wherein the user ID is uniquely associated with the user profile;
(E) transmitting, to the computing device, the selected set of performance indicators;
and
(F) displaying, at a display of the computing device, the selected set of performance indicators.

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A computing device for monitoring performance of process control systems, the computing device comprising:

a processor;
a user interface sensor communicatively coupled to the processor;
a display communicatively coupled to the processor;
a communication interface coupled to the processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing non-transitory computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
(A) display, via the display, a plurality of selectable process control sites;
(B) detect, via the user interface sensor, an input representing a selected one or more process control sites from the plurality of selectable process control sites;
(C) transmit to one or more servers a message including:
(i) a request for performance indicators, (ii) one or more site IDs uniquely associated with the selected one or more process control sites, and (iii) a user ID unique to a user of the computing device;
(D) receive, from the one or more servers, a set of performance indicators tailored to the selected process control site and to the user of the computing device based on an analysis of:
(i) a user profile unique to the user ID, and (ii) one or more site profiles unique to the one or more site IDs;
and
(E) display, at the display, the set of performance indicators tailored to the selected process control site and to the user of the client device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/928,608Filed 22 Mar 2018
Priority: 2 Oct 2017
Published: 4 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G05B 23/0216
Characterized by the configuration of the monitoring system: human interface functionality, e.g. monitoring system providing help to the user in…
G05B 23/0272
Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]: presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed;…
G05B
Control or regulating systems in general