公开(公告)号：US20230342435A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US17729074

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nikhil Ashok Patange ,  Krutika Kansara ,  Francisco P. Maturana ,  David Picou ,  Raja Sekhar Katuri ,  Joseph Weller ,  Hanna Strohm

IPC: G06F21/10 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06Q20/06

CPC classification number: G06F21/105 ,  H04L9/3213 ,  G06Q20/0658 ,  G06F2221/0757 ,  G06Q2220/12

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive telemetry data representing usage of one or more software assets by one or more industrial automation devices within an industrial automation system operated by an enterprise, reference a local blockchain that is a private extension of a global decentralized blockchain to determine one or more licenses associated with the one or more software assets, determine one or more usage parameters for the one or more software assets based on the telemetry data and the one or more licenses, update the local blockchain and the global decentralized blockchain based on the and the usage parameters, and enable usage of the one or more software assets by the one or more industrial automation devices based on the one or more usage parameters and one or more thresholds defined by the one or more licenses.

公开(公告)号：US12045320B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17729074

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nikhil Ashok Patange ,  Krutika Kansara ,  Francisco P. Maturana ,  David Picou ,  Raja Sekhar Katuri ,  Joseph Weller ,  Hanna Strohm

IPC: G06F21/10 ,  G06Q20/06 ,  H04L9/32

CPC classification number: G06F21/105 ,  G06Q20/0658 ,  H04L9/3213 ,  G06F21/107 ,  G06Q2220/12

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive telemetry data representing usage of one or more software assets by one or more industrial automation devices within an industrial automation system operated by an enterprise, reference a local blockchain that is a private extension of a global decentralized blockchain to determine one or more licenses associated with the one or more software assets, determine one or more usage parameters for the one or more software assets based on the telemetry data and the one or more licenses, update the local blockchain and the global decentralized blockchain based on the and the usage parameters, and enable usage of the one or more software assets by the one or more industrial automation devices based on the one or more usage parameters and one or more thresholds defined by the one or more licenses.