Patent ID: 11886155
Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
advertising, by a centralized cluster comprising a plurality of distributed data engines (DDEs) included in a data analytics network, a presence of the centralized cluster, wherein the plurality of DDEs in the cluster are each:
embedded within the process plant,
configured to perform, between the plurality of DDEs in the cluster, one or more analytics functions on received data by a first DDE in the cluster (i) obtaining at least part of the received data from a second DDE in the cluster via the data analytics network, (ii) generating an analytic output based upon the received data, and (iii) providing the analytic output to the second DDE or a third DDE in the cluster via the data analytics network, and
coupled to the data analytics network;

registering, by the centralized cluster, a local cluster that responds to the advertising and that is configured to store and stream continuous data that is generated as a result of controlling a process in a process control plant, wherein the local cluster is embedded in the process plant and communicatively coupled to one or more data sources that generate at least a portion of the continuous data while operating to control the process;
receiving, by the centralized cluster from the local cluster, at least a portion of the streamed continuous data;
performing one or more data analytics functions on the at least a portion of the streamed continuous data received from the local cluster; and
streaming, via the data analytics network, an output of the one or more data analytics functions to a data consumer.