Contextual digital twin runtime environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10564993-B2
Application number	US-201715805272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Nov 7, 2017
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

The example embodiments are directed systems and methods for managing a contextual digital twin. In one example, the method may include receiving a request message configured to trigger an action to a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of an asset, determining a behavior of the digital twin that is linked to the request message based on capabilities of the behavior stored with respect to the digital twin, determining input parameters of the behavior from the request message, and generating an executable script for performing the determined behavior in association with the digital twin based on the input parameters. The context can provide information about operations of the asset as well as insight into how to handle the operations based on similar occurrences to the asset or other related assets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a request message configured to trigger an action to a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of an asset which is created by executing a graph-based template of the digital twin;
determining a plurality of behaviors of the digital twin that are linked to the request message based on respective capabilities of each of the plurality of behaviors which are stored in a capabilities object that is bound to a graph of the graph-based template of the digital twin and which advertise as being responsive to the request message;
determining input parameters of the plurality of behaviors from the request message; and
generating an executable script for performing the plurality of behaviors in association with the digital twin based on the input parameters.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of behaviors include a method of initially launching an instance of the digital twin.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of behaviors include a method of configuring one or more operating parameters of an already running instance of the digital twin.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising executing the executable script with respect to an instance of the digital twin.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising outputting a result of the execution of the executable script for display with respect to a display of the instance of the digital twin.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of behaviors of the digital twin are advertised via a catalogue that includes advertisements of respective behaviors of multiple other digital twins.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein capabilities of a behavior comprise an identification of request message types capable of triggering the execution of the behavior and the identification of the request message types are stored in the capabilities object.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising extracting policy parameters of the plurality of behaviors from a policy object bound to the graph of the graph-based digital twin template, and determining whether the plurality of behaviors can be executed based on the extracted policy parameters.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the plurality of behaviors are linked to the request message comprises determining that the plurality of behaviors subscribe to the request message based on the capabilities of the plurality of behaviors.

10. A computing system comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a request message configured to trigger an action to a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of an asset which is created by executing a graph-based template of the digital twin; and
a processor configured to
determine a plurality of behaviors of the digital twin that are linked to the request message based on respective capabilities of each of the plurality of behaviors which are stored in a capabilities object that is bound to a graph of the graph-based template of the digital twin and which advertise as being responsive to the request message,
determine input parameters of the plurality of behaviors from the request message, and
generate an executable script for performing the plurality of behaviors in association with the digital twin based on the input parameters.

11. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of behaviors include a method of initially launching and deploying an instance of the digital twin.

12. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of behaviors include a method of configuring one or more operating parameters of an already running instance of the digital twin.

13. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the executable script with respect to an instance of the digital twin.

14. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of behaviors of the digital twin are advertised via a catalogue that includes advertisements of respective behaviors of multiple other digital twins.

15. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein capabilities of a behavior comprise an identification of request message types capable of triggering the execution of the behavior and the identification of the request message types are stored in the capabilities object.

16. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to extract policy parameters of the plurality of behaviors from a policy object bound to the graph of the graph-based digital twin template, and determine whether the plurality of behaviors can be executed based on the extracted policy parameters.

17. The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the plurality of behaviors are linked to the request message by determining that the plurality of behaviors subscribe to the request message based on the capabilities of the plurality of behaviors.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that when executed cause a computer to perform a method comprising:
receiving a request message configured to trigger an action to a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of an asset which is created by executing a graph-based template of the digital twin;
determining a plurality of behaviors of the digital twin that are linked to the request message based on respective capabilities of each of the plurality of behaviors which are stored in a capabilities object that is bound to a graph of the graph-based template of the digital twin and which advertise as being responsive to the request message;
determining input parameters of the plurality of behaviors from the request message; and
generating an executable script for performing the plurality of behaviors in association with the digital twin based on the input parameters.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the generating comprises generating the executable script based on a position of the graph at which the capabilities object is bound.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Deutsch Keith
• Pal Suparna
• Milev Roberto
• Yang Kevin

Classifications

• G06F9/45516 Primary

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