Patents by Inventor Matthew B. Hortman

Matthew B. Hortman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automation visualization content delivery via container orchestration systems
    Patent number: 11846929
    Abstract: Systems and method for leveraging container orchestration systems to generate visualizations related to components or operations of an industrial automation system. In particular, a visual manager, a primary node of the container orchestration system, may receive a container image for operating an application of the industrial automation system. A visual manager may identify a container host from a cluster of nodes of the container orchestration system for executing the container in response to the container host meeting container orchestration constraints. Upon execution of the constraint, the container host may transmit configuration details for accessing a visualization associated with the container image to a thin client for display. In some embodiments, the container host, itself, may include a thin client device. Accordingly, the thin client device may execute the container and display the corresponding visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Putman, Matthew B. Hortman, Randy A. Cannady, Travis J. Seagert
  • AUTOMATION VISUALIZATION CONTENT DELIVERY VIA CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220179398
    Abstract: Systems and method for leveraging container orchestration systems to generate visualizations related to components or operations of an industrial automation system. In particular, a visual manager, a primary node of the container orchestration system, may receive a container image for operating an application of the industrial automation system. A visual manager may identify a container host from a cluster of nodes of the container orchestration system for executing the container in response to the container host meeting container orchestration constraints. Upon execution of the constraint, the container host may transmit configuration details for accessing a visualization associated with the container image to a thin client for display. In some embodiments, the container host, itself, may include a thin client device. Accordingly, the thin client device may execute the container and display the corresponding visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Putman, Matthew B. Hortman, Randy A. Cannady, Travis J. Seagert