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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Norman Weatherhead, Ayr, CA;
Andrew R. Stump, Mentor, OH (US);
Haithem Mansouri, Beachwood, OH (US);
Axel Rodriguez, Aurora, OH (US);
Joachim Thomsen, Singapore, SG;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems, methods and apparatuses that can provide a holistic, bottom-up approach to facilitate the design of objects (e.g., modular objects that can facilitate industrial automation applications). The design approach includes selection of an object from a library of a plurality of objects; filtration of functionalities of the object based on a workflow of an application; and display of the object for customization of the object for the application with the filtered functionalities masked.