Harmonized data for engineering simulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10938968-B2
Application number	US-201816209256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2018
Priority date	Dec 4, 2018
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

Computer-implemented systems and methods for data harmonization in engineering simulation. The method may comprise receiving application preferences defining attributes associated with input data to be delivered to one or more applications from one or more data sources. A first set of attributes may be associated with data to be delivered to a first application. Application preferences may be provided to a handler in communication with the data sources. Raw data received by the handler may arrive in a variety of formats and packet sizes from the one or more data sources. Raw data may be packaged by the handler into one or more data packets having a size or format that satisfies the application preferences. One or more attributes associated with input data to be delivered to the first application may be defined. Packaged data may be transmitted over one or more data transmission channels satisfying the application preferences.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving application preferences defining one or more attributes associated with input data to be delivered to one or more applications from one or more data sources, a first set of attributes of the one or more attributes being associated with first input data to be delivered to a first application different from a second set of attributes associated with second input data to be delivered to a second application;
providing the application preferences to a handler in communication with the one or more data sources, the handler receiving raw data in a variety of formats and packet sizes from the one or more data sources;
packaging the raw data received by the handler into one or more data packets, at least one of the one or more data packets having a size and format that satisfies the application preferences defining the one or more attributes associated with the first input data to be delivered to the first application; and
transmitting the one or more data packets over one or more data transmission channels by at least buffering the one or more data packets in a first storage media associated with a first data transmission channel of the one or more data transmission channels, at least one of the one or more data transmission channels satisfying the application preferences defining the one or more attributes associated with the first input data to be delivered to the first application, the one or more data sources comprising one or more sensors configured to capture event data generated by an event producing system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first data transmission channel corresponds to the first application invoked to process the transmitted one or more data packets.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the raw data received by the handler is packaged according to a first timeline enveloping a second timeline defined by the one or more attributes.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the first timeline is associated with a span in time starting at a first time and ending at a fourth time, wherein the fourth time is greater than the first time.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the second timeline is associated with a span in time starting at a second time and ending at a third time, wherein the fourth time is greater than the third time, wherein the third time is greater than the second time, and wherein the second time is greater than the first time.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein first raw data packaged by the handler comprises data received for use by the first application during a first window of time starting at the first time and ending at the fourth time, and wherein the first application processes the first input data received during a second window of time starting at the second time and ending at the third time.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein second raw data packaged by the handler comprises data received for use by the first application during a third window of time starting at the third time, and wherein the first window of time and the third window of time at least partially overlap.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the first window of time and the third window of time at least partially overlap over a fourth time window starting at the third time and ending at the fourth time.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the handler is in communication with a state tracker configured to track the timelines associated with packaging the raw data, the first raw data, and/or the second raw data received and transmitted by the handler to synchronize data transmission to the one or more applications according to timing data defined by the one or more attributes.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more data packets is transmitted over the one or more data transmission channels by way of a publication/subscription mechanism, wherein the one or more applications are subscribers and the handler is the publisher.

11. A computer-implemented system comprising:
at least one programmable processor; and
a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving application preferences defining one or more attributes associated with input data to be delivered to one or more applications from one or more data sources, a first set of attributes of the one or more attributes being associated with first input data to be delivered to a first application different from a second set of attributes associated with second input data to be delivered to a second application;
providing the application preferences to a handler in communication with the one or more data sources, the handler receiving raw data in a variety of formats and packet sizes from the one or more data sources;
packaging the raw data received by the handler into one or more data packets, at least one of the one or more data packets having a size and format that satisfies the application preferences defining the one or more attributes associated with the first input data to be delivered to the first application; and
transmitting the one or more data packets over one or more data transmission channels by at least buffering the one or more data packets in a first storage media associated with a first data transmission channel of the one or more data transmission channels, at least one of the one or more data transmission channels satisfying the application preferences defining the one or more attributes associated with the first input data to be delivered to the first application, the one or more data sources comprising comprise one or more sensors configured to capture event data generated by an event producing system.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein the first data transmission channel corresponds to the first application invoked to process the transmitted one or more data packets.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein the raw data received by the handler is packaged according to a first timeline enveloping a second timeline defined by the one or more attributes.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 13 , wherein the first timeline is associated with a span in time starting at a first time and ending at a fourth time, wherein the fourth time is greater than the first time.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 14 , wherein the second timeline is associated with a span in time starting at a second time and ending at a third time, wherein the fourth time is greater than the third time, wherein the third time is greater than the second time, and wherein the second time is greater than the first time.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving application preferences defining one or more attributes associated with input data to be delivered to one or more applications from one or more data sources, a first set of attributes of the one or more attributes being associated with first input data to be delivered to a first application different from a second set of attributes associated with second input data to be delivered to a second application;
providing the application preferences to a handler in communication with the one or more

Assignees

• Sap Se

Inventors

• Wildhagen Andreas
• Patil Chatur B
• Erbe Lars
• Pany Andre
• Zeort Samir

Classifications

• H04L49/90

  Buffering arrangements · CPC title

• H04L69/324 Primary

  in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC · CPC title

• G06F9/541 Primary

  via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications · CPC title

• H04L67/55

  Push-based network services · CPC title

• G06F9/542

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title