Flexible protocol generator
US6622052B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/2657
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for generating a protocol for controlling operation of a device including selecting one or more functions in the operation of the device, ordering the sequence of the selected functions, selecting a value for variables of each of the selected functions, and recording the selected ordered functions and the values to generate a protocol definition file readable by an executable software program to control the device to run the selected functions with the selected values for variables of the functions.
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