Patent ID: 7953842
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G05B,H04L,H04W,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving data from a plurality of process control system data sources communicatively coupled to an open network, the data comprising one of process control data and asset data, the method comprising: storing location information identifying the plurality of process control system data sources, collecting, by the process control system, one of process control data or asset data based on the stored location information, determining one of process control data needed to make a process optimization decision or asset data needed to make an asset optimization decision for the process control system based on a system configuration stored in the process control system, stripping, from the received messages, the data determined to be needed based on the system configuration, discarding the process control data or asset data that is determined to be not needed; aggregating the stripped data to form aggregated data; storing the aggregated data within a process control or asset information database; and one of