Curating operational historian data for distribution via a communication network

Abstract

Targeted distributing of reports containing historical process control information to particular user devices via a communications network. A curating service permits assigning a score to each report based on an interest level value of the historical process control information to a user associated with each user device and/or an urgency value of the historical process control information. Routing reports to user devices based on the score raises visibility of the historical process control information without overburdening the communications network.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of distributing reports over a communications network to remote user devices, comprising:
 retrieving, by a curating service, reports from a report database, wherein each said report includes historical data relating to a plurality of process control tags associated with a process control system, and wherein said curating service comprises processor-executable instructions executing on a processor;   assigning, by the curating service, a score to each retrieved report based on at least one of an interest level value and an urgency value; and   routing a scored report, by transmission from the curating service via a communications network, to a user device when the score thereof is at least equal to a threshold value,   wherein the report displays on the user device in response to said transmission.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interest level value is specific to a user associated with the user device, said specificity based on responsibility for a process control tag assigned to the user. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interest level value is associated with a general interest level. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interest level value is based on at least one of tags on the same chart, tags on the same window, tags on the same analysis, mobile report tags, tags from the same data source, tags with similar names, tags with similar summary statistics, and correlated tags. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the urgency value is based on a quantity of the reports stored in the report database over a period of time. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the urgency value is based on an importance of the report to the process control system. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating, by the curating service, an alert associated with a scored report when the score thereof is at least equal to the threshold value; and   transmitting the alert, by transmission from the curating service via the communications network, to the user device, wherein the alert displays on the user device in response to said transmission.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving feedback from the user device via the communications network. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the feedback includes at least one of selecting a report displayed on the user device, selecting a process control tag related to a process control tag associated with the report displayed on the user device, search history, polling, and actions by users similar to a user of the user device. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said retrieving, assigning, and routing are each performed in real-time with an operation of a process controlled by the process control system. 
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 a processor;   a computer-readable storage device;   a report database storing a plurality of reports, wherein each said report includes historical data relating to a plurality of process control tags associated with a process control system; and   a curating service, wherein the curating service comprises processor-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device, wherein said instructions include instructions for, when executed by the processor:
 retrieving reports from the report database, 
 assigning a score to each retrieved report based on at least one of an interest level value and an urgency value, and 
 routing a scored report, by transmission via a communications network, to a user device when the score thereof is equal to or greater than a threshold value, wherein the report displays on the user device in response to said transmission. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the interest level value is specific to a user associated with the user device, said specificity based on responsibility for a process control tag assigned to the user. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the interest level value is associated with a general interest level. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the interest level value is based on at least one of tags on the same chart, tags on the same window, tags on the same analysis, mobile report tags, tags from the same data source, tags with similar names, tags with similar summary statistics, and correlated tags. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the urgency value is based on a quantity of the reports stored in the report database over a period of time. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the urgency value is based on an importance of the report to the process control system. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said instructions include instructions for, when executed by the processor:
 generating an alert associated with a scored report when the score thereof is greater than or equal to the threshold value; and   transmitting the alert, by transmission from the curating service via the communications network, to the user device, wherein the alert displays on the user device in response to said transmission.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said instructions include instructions for, when executed by the processor, receiving feedback from the user device via the communications network. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the feedback includes at least one of selecting a report displayed on the user device, selecting a process control tag related to a process control tag associated with the report displayed on the user device, search history, polling, and actions by users similar to a user of the user device. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said retrieving, assigning, and routing are each performed by the processor in real-time with an operation of a process controlled by the process control system.