Patent ID: 9734470
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06Q,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating a graphical display associated with an industrial process control system having multiple field devices in an industrial facility, the graphical display including multiple custom groups of field devices including a first custom group and a second custom group, each of the custom groups comprising a subset of the field devices, wherein at least one of the custom groups identifies field devices selected based on a personnel work shift, wherein the field devices in each of the custom groups are selected based on a time of day that the field devices are critical, and wherein field devices in the first custom group are critical at a different time of day than field devices in the second custom group; presenting the graphical display including the first and second custom groups; receiving a request to perform an action associated with a specified one of the custom groups; initiating performance of the action for at least some of the field devices in the specified custom group; and generating a report for the field devices in the custom groups identifying an operational health of the field devices over time.