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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Harald Albrecht, Nuremberg, DE;
Harald Herberth, Oberasbach, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method in which a check is performed to determine whether a request originates from a requesting communication device from an IPv6 subnetwork or comprises a destination resource identifier allocated to a Web server component with an IPv6 address or a device name to provide access to device configuration data of an IPv4-based automation device within an industrial automation system in cases of a request for a Web document with device configuration data, wherein if the check result is positive, the Web document is provided with a reference to the device configuration data which includes an Ipv6 address printout or a device name, where in the case of a request for the Web document which originates from a requesting communication device from an IPv4 subnetwork and/or comprises a destination resource identifier with an IPv4 address, the reference to the device configuration data comprises an IPv4 address printout.