Object-oriented architecture for factory floor management
July 16, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDistributed management support system for software managers Join operation processing system in distributed data base management system Database access machine for factory automation network Method and apparatus for application software control of echo response System for reducing communications overhead in distributed database transactions by serializing in order related requests into single transmission message and receiving transmission response Patent #: 5179660 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 093307 filed on 07/16/1993US Classes:707/103R, Object-oriented database structure700/9, Supervisory control707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)709/201DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSINGExaminersPrimary: Kriess, Kevin A.Assistant: Chaki, Kakali Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/40AbstractAn object-oriented architecture for a factory floor management software system is described in which factory floor entities are modelled as factory objects within a relational database. The architecture includes X-terminal or bar code devices for facilitating user interaction with the system via one or more of the factory floor entities; Application Engines for processing user interaction of events and generating application service requests; and Application servers for processing the application service requests and generating database service requests in response. These database service requests are utilized to retrieve, manipulate and update data stored within the relational database. Communication Managers are employed for coordinating interprocess communication between the Application Engines, the Application Servers, and the Database Servers. Each of these major components are distributed among computer resources that are networked across the factory floor.Other References
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