Patent ID: 11899438
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first control unit is configured to determine the action to perform by:
detecting an event associated with the first physical task by analyzing sensor data from a sensor package coupled to the first piece of well equipment;
selecting the action to perform from among a plurality of actions based on the event;
transmitting a plurality of notifications about the selected action to a plurality of control units associated with a plurality of pieces of well equipment, the plurality of control units forming the distributed control system;
receiving a plurality of responses about the selected action from the plurality of control units, each response in the plurality of responses providing an indication of whether to proceed with the selected action; and
determining whether to perform the selected action based on the plurality of responses.