Method and system for the electronic provision of services for machines via a data communication link
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsVolker Kreidler, Knut Lagies, Wolfgang Mutscheller
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Abstract
Expert knowledge from machine manufacturers is applied quickly at any time to a machine via the Internet, by providing a main computer (host) for the production and provision of machine-related data and/or services and a machine-side working computer (client). The machine-side working computer is connected to the main computer via a data communication link. Machine state data from the machine-side working computer can be acquired in real time and transmitted to the main Computer. Machine-related data and/or services generated by the main computer as a function of such machine state data can be received by an analysis and evaluation unit.
Claims9
An apparatus for computer-aided provision of machine-related content, comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of data and services, to a client computer in communication with a processing machine operated by a customer, wherein the client computer at least monitors the processing machine and, with at least one sensor, acquires machine state data, the client computer in communication with the apparatus via a network, the apparatus comprising:
- means for transmitting to the client computer:
- information relating to the availability of the machine-related content;
- information relating to machine state data to be acquired by the client computer for use in generating content;
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- content generated as a function of machine state data acquired by the client computer;
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- means for receiving:
- a request for machine-related content from the client computer;
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- data from the client computer comprising machine state data;
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- means for generating the machine-related content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.