| US 7,603,289 B2 | ||
| System and method for electronic delivery of content for industrial automation systems | ||
| Volker Kriedler, Hechingen (Germany); Knut Lagies, Erlangen (Germany); and Wolfgang Mutscheller, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 12, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/950,731. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/305199, filed on Jul. 13, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0014322 A1, Jan. 16, 2003 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—26 [700/110; 700/83; 700/169] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A method for providing an automation-related service from a first entity that has a remote host at a first location over
a network to second entity that is a customer at a second location, the customer having a facility including automated manufacturing
equipment comprising a controller, the method comprising the steps of:
continuously collecting, at the remote host, real-time system data from the controller;
receiving an identifying code from the controller;
processing the collected real-time system data at a server of the remote host to generate manufacturing equipment information
as a function of the collected data, the processing including:
identifying a price for the manufacturing equipment information based at least in part on the identifying code;
transmitting the manufacturing equipment information to the customer;
charging the customer the identified price; and
receiving the identified price from the customer in exchange for transmitting the manufacturing equipment information;
wherein the automation-related service is provided from the remote host at the first location of the first entity to the customer
at the second location of the second entity over a network.
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