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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Nikhil Ashok Patange, Pune, IN;
Krutika Kansara, Bangalore, IN;
Francisco P. Maturana, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
David Picou, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Raja Sekhar Katuri, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Joseph Weller, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Hanna Strohm, West Allis, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive telemetry data representing usage of one or more software assets by one or more industrial automation devices within an industrial automation system operated by an enterprise, reference a local blockchain that is a private extension of a global decentralized blockchain to determine one or more licenses associated with the one or more software assets, determine one or more usage parameters for the one or more software assets based on the telemetry data and the one or more licenses, update the local blockchain and the global decentralized blockchain based on the and the usage parameters, and enable usage of the one or more software assets by the one or more industrial automation devices based on the one or more usage parameters and one or more thresholds defined by the one or more licenses.