Patent ID: 11947342
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
receiving, via at least one processor, a request from an industrial component operating in an industrial automation system, wherein the request comprises an indication of a software function;
querying, via the at least one processor, a container registry comprising a plurality of container images based on the software function;
identifying, via the at least one processor, at least one container image of the plurality of container images that corresponds to the software function;
sending, via the at least one processor, an indication of the at least one container image to the industrial component;
receiving, via the at least one processor, a selection of the at least one container image from the industrial component;
retrieving, via the at least one processor, the at least one container image from the container registry;
sending, via the at least one processor, the at least one container image to the industrial component;
receiving an indication that the at least one container image is incompatible with the industrial component;
identifying an additional industrial component configured to execute the at least one container image; and
sending the at least one container image to the additional industrial component.