Patent ID: 11860616
Assignee: AVEVA SOFTWARE, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An edge computing device comprising one or more computers comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media, wherein the one or more non-transitory computer readable media includes instructions stored there on that cause the one or more computers to:
initialize, by the one or more processors, a data transfer protocol with a remote network;
download, by the one or more processors, a software module comprising configuration data needed for operation of the edge computing device to the edge computing device from a cloud-based computer server via the remote network;
operate, by the one or more processors, the software module locally on the edge computing device when the edge computing device is disconnected from the remote network;
monitor, by the one or more processors, utilization data of at least one device in a distributed environment connected to a distributed network when the edge computing device is disconnected from the remote network; and
download, by the one or more processors, the software module from the edge computing device to one or more other edge computing devices connected to the distributed network when the edge computing device is disconnected from the remote network.