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

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a first container registry configured to store one or more container images; and
a first computing device configured to:
receive a request from an industrial component operating in an industrial automation system, wherein the request comprises an indication of a requested software function;
query the first container registry based on the requested software function;
during the query, identify a first container image of the one or more container images that corresponds to the requested software function;
send an indication of the first container image to the industrial component;
receiving a selection of the first container image;
retrieve the first container image from the first container registry;
send the first container image to the industrial component;
receive an indication that the first container image is incompatible with the industrial component;
identify an additional industrial component configured to execute the first container image; and
send the at first image to the additional industrial component.