User interface component for browsing industrial assets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017242555-A1
Application number	US-201615261153-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Aug 24, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

In example embodiments, a method of implementing an industrial asset browser user interface is disclosed. An asset browser component is embedded in a user interface of an application executing on a device. A notification is received at the asset browser component pertaining to activation in a dashboard user interface of an asset in an industrial internet of things (IIoT). Information that is to be presented by the asset browser component in response to the notification is updated. An asset browser user interface is opened for presentation of the updated information. Upon a closing of the asset browser user interface, a breadcrumb presented in the dashboard user interface is updated to reflect an interaction of the user with the asset browser user interface.

First claim

1 . A system comprising:
an instance of a user interface component corresponding to a dashboard user interface, the instance of the user interface component configuring one or more processors of a device to present data pertaining to a current industrial asset selected from an industrial internet of things (IIoT); and an instance of an asset browser component, the instance of the asset browser component configuring the one or more processors of the device to present a hint pertaining to a location of the current industrial asset within a hierarchical tree representing the IIoT and presenting a user interface to facilitate selection of a new industrial asset from the IIoT, the instance of the asset browser component communicatively coupled to the instance of the user interface component such that the selection of the new industrial asset from the IIoT causes the instance of the user interface component to present data pertaining to the new industrial asset.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instance of the asset browser component further configures the one or more processors of the device to update the hint pertaining to the location of the current industrial asset based on the selection of the new industrial asset from the IIoT.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instance of the user interface component configures the one or more processors of the device to select a different asset as the current industrial asset based on a change to a context associated with the IIoT and wherein the instance of the asset browser component configures the one or more processors of the device to receive a notification of the selecting of the different asset and, based on the notification, update the hint based on the selecting of the different asset.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the context is a global context that includes a combination of a context of the different asset and a context of a user of the device.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface includes navigable user interface elements corresponding to a portion of the hierarchical tree, the portion selected based on the location and a context of a user of the device.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instance of the user interface component configures the one or more processors of the device to receive a notification of the selection of the new industrial asset and, based on the notification, present data pertaining to the new industrial asset on the dashboard user interface.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is prepopulated based on a geographical location of a user of the device relative to geographical locations of industrial assets in the IIoT.

8 . A method comprising:
at a device communicatively coupled to one or more services corresponding to an industrial internet of things (IIoT), using an instance of a user interface component corresponding to a dashboard user interface to present data pertaining to a current industrial asset selected from the IIoT; and using an instance of an asset browser component to present a hint pertaining to a location of the current industrial asset within a hierarchical tree representing the IIoT and presenting a user interface to facilitate selection of a new industrial asset from the IIoT, the instance of the asset browser component communicatively coupled to the instance of the user interface component such that the selection of the new industrial asset from the IIoT causes the instance of the user interface component to present data pertaining to the new industrial asset.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising using the asset browser component to update the hint pertaining to the location of the current industrial asset based on the selection of the new industrial asset from the IIoT.

10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising using the instance of the user interface component to select a different asset as the current industrial asset based on a change to a context associated with the IIoT and using the instance of the asset browser component to receive a notification of the selecting of the different asset and, based on the notification, updating the hint based on the selecting of the different asset.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the context is a global context that includes a combination of a context of the different asset and a context of a user of the device.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the user interface includes navigable user interface elements corresponding to a portion of the hierarchical tree, the portion selected based on the location and a context of a user of the device.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising using the user interface component to receive a notification of the selection of the new industrial asset and, based on the notification, presenting data pertaining to the new industrial asset on the dashboard user interface.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the user interface is prepopulated based on a geographical location of a user of the device relative to geographical locations of industrial assets in the IIoT.

15 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
using an instance of a user interface component corresponding to a dashboard user interface to present data pertaining to a current industrial asset selected from an industrial internet of things (IIoT); and using an instance of an asset browser component to present a hint pertaining to a location of the current industrial asset within a hierarchical tree representing the IIoT and presenting a user interface to facilitate selection of a new industrial asset from the IIoT, the instance of the asset browser component communicatively coupled to the instance of the user interface component such that the selection of the new industrial asset from the IIoT causes the instance of the user interface component to present data pertaining to the new industrial asset.

16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising using the asset browser component to update the hint pertaining to the location of the current industrial asset based on the selection of the new industrial asset from the IIoT.

17 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising using the instance of the user interface component to select a different asset as the current industrial asset based on a change to a context associated with the IIoT and using the instance of the asset browser component to receive a notification of the selecting of the different asset and, based on the notification, updating the hint based on the selecting of the different asset.

18 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the context is a global context that includes a combination of a context of the different industrial asset and a context of a user of a device.

19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the user interface includes navigable user interface elements corresponding to a portion of the hierarchical tree, the portion selected based on the location and the context of the user of the device.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising using the user interface component to receive a notification of the selection of th

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Wragg Martin
• Hernandez Carlos

Classifications

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04L67/125 Primary

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title