System and methodology that facilitate factory automation services in a distributed industrial automation environment

Patent 7392100 Issued on June 24, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 15, 2022. 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.

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Inventors

Assignee

Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc.

Application

No. 10219099 filed on 08/15/2002

US Classes:

700/83, Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console)700/80, Warning or alarm717/101, Software project management707/10, Distributed or remote access707/100DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE

Examiners

Primary: Picard, Leo P.
Assistant: Kasenge, Charles

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G05B 15/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing automation services in a distributed industrial controller environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a data access service is provided that includes, sending and receiving data to and from a data access service namespace operative in the distributed controller environment. In another aspect of the present invention, an alarming service is provided wherein data values are monitored in a server component according to predetermined conditions configured by a user or other entity. If the data values are determined to be outside of boundaries as defined by the predetermined conditions, an alarm can be communicated to a plurality of other components cooperating in the distributed environment.